branch death_date allegiance mawards birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place battles term_start spouse rank image name predecessor birth_place president party office successor article_title birth_name
united states navy 9 november 1988 united states purple heart -lrb- 2 -rrb- silver star 15 september 1913 march 1 , 1972 fordham university washington , d.c. , u.s. world war ii january 21 , 1969 martha beall 5px lieutenant junior grade john mitchell.jpg john mitchell ramsey clark detroit , michigan , u.s. richard nixon republican 67th united states attorney general richard kleindienst john n. mitchell
 john newton mitchell
john n. mitchell

john newton mitchell -lrb- september 15 , 1913 -- november 9 , 1988 -rrb- was the attorney general of the united states from 1969 to 1972 under president richard nixon .
prior to that , he had been a municipal bond lawyer , director of nixon 's 1968 presidential campaign , and one of nixon 's closest personal friends .
after his tenure as attorney general , he served as director of nixon 's 1972 presidential campaign .
due to his involvement in the watergate affair , mitchell was sentenced to prison in 1977 and served 19 months .
as attorney general , he was noted for personifying the `` law-and-order '' positions of the nixon administration , amid several high-profile anti-war demonstrations .
