Peter Rodino (D-NJ), 95, brought down Nixon

Posted: Tuesday, May 10th, 2005 2:34 am

Washington — Peter Rodino Jr., the Democratic New Jersey congressman and House Judiciary Committee chairman who rose from relative obscurity to national prominence while presiding over articles of impeachment that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his home in West Orange, N.J. He was 95. … Read full obituary