and so, senator sam ervin, in being selected to to chair this special committee that that vote, i think, of 77 to 0, that unanimous senate vote was really a vote of confidence in senator ervin's ability to lead a fact based, nonpartisan investigation. the other democrats on the committee, daniel, in a way of hawaii, joseph montoya of new mexico, herman talmadge of georgia, the republicans, howard baker of tennessee, who was the ranking member, edward gurney of florida, and lowell weicker of connecticut. kate scott what struck me about that was this was a 4 to 3 democrats republicans committee. that's not very that's pretty close. it is pretty close. and actually, it's interesting because it didn't reflect the party breakdown in the senate at the time. the democrats had a larger majority than those than than than was reflected on the committee membership. but the membership itself was al importanto not just with the selection of sam ervin as chairman, but howard baker, a moderate from tennessee. really important to serving in that vice chair role in this politically sensitive committee.

and so, senator sam ervin, in being selected to to chair this special committee that that vote, i think, of 77 to 0, that unanimous senate vote was really a vote of confidence in senator ervin's ability to lead a fact based, nonpartisan investigation. the other democrats on the committee, daniel, in a way of hawaii, joseph montoya of new mexico, herman talmadge of georgia, the republicans, howard baker of tennessee, who was the ranking member, edward gurney of florida, and lowell weicker of connecticut. kate scott what struck me about that was this was a 4 to 3 democrats republicans committee. that's not very that's pretty close. it is pretty close. and actually, it's interesting because it didn't reflect the party breakdown in the senate at the time. the democrats had a larger majority than those than than than was reflected othe committee mbership. but the membership itself was really important to not just with the selection of samrvin as chairman, but howard baker, a moderate from tennessee. really important to serving in that vice chair role in this politically sensitive committee.