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gressional race with less
than 5,000 votes in 1968,
but since then has been
reelected by votes of more
than 70%.
Wiley Mayne (Iowa),
56, supporter of the Nixon
Administration on 70% of
his votes, considered a
swing vote among Repub-
licans.
He raised the question of
how 15 members of the
committee who accepted
c a m paign contributions
from milk producers could
sit in judgment on im-
peachment charges
against Mr. Nixon that in-
clude allegations the Pres-
ident raised milk support
prices in exchange for con-
tributions from d a i r y
cooperatives.
A former FBI agent,
Mayne was elected to Con-
gress on his first try for
elective office in 1966. He
is a graduate of Harvard
University the University
of Iowa law school, and is
a World War II Navy vet-
eran.
He has shied away from
discussion of evidence be-
fore the committee, but he
has said he believes a Pres-
ident must be guilty of a
crime before he can be im-
peached.
Lawrence J. H o g a n
Md.), 45, a philosophical
and, until now, political
ally of the President, who
announced Tuesday he
would vote for impeach-
ment. Hogan, running for
governor in Maryland on
an anticorruption plat-
form, had been mentioned
as a "persuable" Republi-
can because of the guber-
natorial campaign, but he
was not generally counted
a m o n g pro-impeachment
votes.
A former FBI agent, Ho-
gan was at the outset of
the impeachment inquiry
one of the most partisan
members on the Republi-
can side. Hogan was born
in Boston, the son of a
printer. His district is in
the Washington suburbs of
Prince Georges and Mont-
gomery counties.
M. Caldwell Butler
(Va.), 48, a supporter of
the Nixon Administration
75% of the time in 1973,
but considered a potential
vote for impeachment be-
cause he has made a dis-
tinction between the polit-
ical and legal aspects of.
the impeachment inquiry.
Butler, who was elected
to the House from a tradi-
tionally Republican dis-
trict in southwest Virginia
in 1972, is a former Repub-
lican leader in the state
Assembly.
Early in the investiga-
tion, Butler said, "The
time has come to impeach
or cease-fire." Considered
one of the more capable
lawyers on the committee,
Butler has acknowledged
that the impeachment
question weighs heavily
upon him. "I find myself
thinking about it in
church," he said.
William S. Cohen
(Me.), 33, a freshman rep-
resentative, poet, former
mayor of Bangor and a
former prosecutor.Cohen is widely expect-
ed to cast a pro-impeach-
ment vote, largely because
of his liberal tendencies.
He comes from a district
that is closely divided be-
tween Republicans and
Democrats. "The outcome
is going to be harmful, no
matter what," he has said.
"So, in the end, I just have
to follow my conscience
and do what is right."
An all-state basketball
player, Cohen majored in
Latin at Bowdoin College
and studied law at the
B o s to n University law
school.
Ch e s t e r T r e nt Lott
(Miss.), 32, whose Gulf
C o a s t district produced
the largest vote for Mr.
Nixon of any district in
the nation in 1972-87%.The first Republican to be
elected to Congress from
his district since Recon-
struction, Lott has been
one of the President's
strongest supporters on
the committee.
He is a 1967 graduate of
the University of Missis-
sippi law school. He sup-
ported the President's po-
sition 69% of the time in
Congress in 1973. His dis-
trict is a rapidly growing
resort. industrial and sea-
food area.
Harold V. Froehlich
(Wis.), 42, a former speak-
er of the Wisconsin House
of Representatives, who
was elected in 1972 with
50.4% of the vote.
His district gave Mr.
Nixon 61% of its vote in
1972.
Froehlich generally has
been regarded as a vote
against impeachment, al-
though some colleagues
have labeled him as a
"persuadable." Asked
where he might rank on a
list of eight Republican
swing votes, he said,
"number eight."
H~e is a 1962 graduate of
the University of Wiscon-
sin law school. The Ameri-
cans for Constitutional Ac-
tion, a conservative group,
gives him an 89% favora-
ble voting record.
Carlos J. Moorhead (Cal-
if.), 52, elected in 1972
with 57% of the vote from
the suburban Los Angeles
20th District which cast
68% of its vote for Mr.
Nixon.
One of the most taciturn
-members of the commit-
tee, Moorhead is a strong
Nixon supporter. As the
evidentiary hearing s
neared an end, Moorhead
said, "You can spend $25
million to investigate any
President and come up
with the same informa-
tion. I've seen nothing to
convince me he should be
impeached."
A graduate of UCLA, he
has a law degree from
USC.
Joseph J. Maraziti (N.J.),
62, elected in 1972 with
56% of the vote from the
state's new 13th District,
which Mr. Nixon carried
with 70%.
He is proof that not all
leaks of evidence heard in
t h e committee's closed-
door sessions came from
Democrats. In releasing
seral da ts, .ara-
ziti said it was "a legiti-
mate leak" and that he
tried to leak information
on a fair basis-without
discriminating against any
newsman. He has been a
Nixon supporter.
A 1937 graduate of
Fordham University law
school, he is a former
county prosecutor and a
former state legislator. His
COPE voting rating of
73% is the highest among
committee Republicans.
Delbert L. Latta (Ohio),
54, who was first elected
to Congress in 1958, but
who is last in seniority be-
cause he was not appoint-
ed to the committee until
shortly before the im-
peachment inquiry began.
Selected for his strongpartisanship, according to
Republican sources, he
has said "not one scintilla
of evidence" links the
President to an impeach-
able offense.
Latta's district gave
Mr. Nixon 66% of its vote
in 1972. The congressman
has been reelected with
margins of about 70%
since he was first elected.
A former member of the
Ohio Senate, he has a law
degree from Ohio North-
ern University.MOMENTOFTKum
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