Saturday, April 21, 2018

10 Forgotten Americans-- Part 3: Watergate, Cortisone and Voting


4.  EDMUND G. ROSS--  During Reconstruction, cast the not guilty vote in the Andrew Johnson impeachment trial that got Johnson off.

3.  MYRA COLBY BRADWELL--  Worked to better the lives of women.

2.  PERCY JULIAN--  Developed an inexpensive production of cortisone, important in the treatment of arthritis.

1.  FRANK WILLS--  On June 17, 1972, he was night watchman at the Watergate office building in Washington, D.C..  He noticed a break-in and called the police.  The rest is, as they say, is history.

--Cooter

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