Reply #12: Two different animals. In 1960 lost to Kennedy by a slim margin ...

[Zen Democrat]

It all came down to Illinois and the election wasn't called until morning. There was talk that the Cook County boxes were stuffed for JFK. Nixon conceded, but worked behind the scenes to try to prove that the Illinois vote was stolen.

Regarding Watergate during the last year of Nixon first term in 1972, you can read a good synopsis at this Washington Post site. (The Post broke the story behind the investigations of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, back up by editor Ben Bradlee and owner Katherine Graham.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm