Q:Facts: - death place: valparaiso , indiana , u.s. - birth name: earl fredrick landgrebe - successor: floyd fithian - party: republican - death date: 01 july 1986 - predecessor: charles a. halleck - office: member of the indiana state senate - district: 2nd - term end: january 3 , 1975 1968 - term start: january 3 , 1969 1959 - state: indiana - name: earl landgrebe - birth date: january 21 , 1916 - image: earl landgrebe -lrb- 92nd congress -rrb- . jpg - birth place: valparaiso , indiana , u.s. - occupation: transportation entrepreneur Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of earl landgrebe .
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earl fredrick landgrebe -lrb- january 21 , 1916 -- july 1 , 1986 -rrb- was a politician and businessman .he served as an indiana state senator and united states representative for the 2nd district .langrebe was from valparaiso in porter county , indiana .he is remembered unfavorably for his famous line at the watergate hearings : '' do n't confuse me with the facts . ''landgrebe stuck with richard nixon until the bitter end .landgrebe was born in valparaiso , indiana in 1916 , the son of edward william landgrebe and benna marie landgrebe -lrb- nee broderman -rrb- .he attended wheeler high school of valparaiso .he married helen lucille field on july 12 , 1936 .he was elected to the state senate of indiana in 1959 as a republican and served there until 1968 .in that year , he was elected to represent indiana 's 2nd district in the house of representatives .on august 5 , 1974 , richard nixon released certain documents revealing his orders to aides to hinder the federal bureau of investigation -lrb- fbi -rrb- investigation of the watergate break-in .when landgrebe was asked on august 7 about the apparently unanimous support for impeachment of nixon among his republican colleagues following this disclosure , he said : '' i 'm going to stick with my president even if he and i have to be taken out of this building and shot . ''the next day , richard nixon announced his resignation .a few months later , landgrebe was shown the door by his constituents .his re-election bid was derailed by democrat floyd fithian .after his defeat , earl landgrebe returned to his home in valparaiso where he owned and managed landgrebe motor transport inc. , a common carrier and freight hauling company .in february 1980 , the machinist union was on strike at the union rolls corporation in valparaiso , indiana .the former congressman personally confronted picketers with a tractor trailer .on february 13 he completed two trips into the union rolls plant to pick up and haul away merchandise .both times , the union...