Permanent historical factsheet

Pardon

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1974–1989Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1974

Richard Milhous Nixon8 September 1974

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Given a pardon by Gerald ford for involvement in Watergate

1989

Ronald Wilson Reagan14 January 1989

Government / Republican Party Government

Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon

Names involved

Richard Milhous NixonRonald Wilson Reagan

Provenance

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