expired. congressman david dennis. he stuck by president nixon until very nearly the end. he was a passionate advocate for nixon, a passionate critic of watergate. he was one of 11 republicans on the judiciary committee who voted against impeaching nixon in july 1974. but then, then the smoking gun tape eurge merged. it was right after that committee vote where david dennis and 10 other republicans voted no on impeachment, and then all of the sudden there is this tape, where it s all laid bare, where nixon can be heard explicitly ordering a halt to the fbi s investigation into watergate. once they heard that tape, once everybody heard that tape, there was just no denying it anymore. david dennis and his fellow republicans flipped. they had to. they agreed to vote to impeach the president. and then days later on august 9th, 1974, nixon resigned from