Maurice Stans

Maurice Hubert Stans (March 22, 1908 – April 14, 1998) was the finance chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President, working for the re-election of Richard Nixon. He was a key figure in the ensuing Watergate Scandal.

He was indicted in 1973 for perjury and obstruction of justice, but was acquitted the following year.

Stans was born in Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1908. He was an executive partner with the Alexander Grant & Co. accounting firm in Chicago from 1940 until 1955. He later served as U.S. deputy postmaster general from 1955–1957; deputy director Bureau of the Budget 1957–1958, director of the Bureau of the Budget 1958–1961; Secretary of Commerce 1969–1972. In 1972, he resigned as Secretary of Commerce to chair Richard Nixon's re-election campaign.