Earl F. Landgrebe
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Earl Fredrick Landgrebe (January 21, 1916 - June 29, 1986) was a United States politician. He served as an Indiana state senator and United States representative for the 2nd district. Langrebe was from Valparaiso in Porter County, Indiana. He is remembered in jest, if not outright contempt, for his famous line at the Watergate hearings: "Don’t confuse me with the facts."[1] He stuck with Richard Nixon until the bitter end.
Landgrebe was born near Valparaiso in 1916, the son of Edward William Landgrebe and Benna Marie Landgrebe (née Broderman). He married Helen Lucille Field on July 12, 1936. He was elected to the state senate of Indiana in 1959 as a Republican and served there until 1968. In 1969 he was elected to represent Indiana's 2nd district in the House of Representatives.
On August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released certain documents revealing his orders to aides to hinder the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation of the Watergate break-in. When Landgrebe was asked on August 7 about the apparently unanimous support for impeachment of Nixon among his Republican colleagues following this disclosure, Landgrebe said: "I'm going to stick with my President even if he and I have to be taken out of this building and shot." The next day, Richard Nixon announced his resignation.
Later in 1974, Landgrebe was defeated for re-election by Democrat Floyd Fithian.
