Sen. Sam Irvin and the Watergate Affair

Sam irvin became a folk hero as soon as the hearings started. There was an official sam irvin fan club that sold tea shirts, posters and buttons in september of 19 eventyt. When the hearings were almost over, irvin recorded a spoken word album for c b s records called senator sam at home. The record consisted of irvin telling stories and performing popular songs like bridge ovr trumpe walb, i will lay me down. At one point, irvin sparred with maurice stands, nixon's campaign finance chairman.