Kenneth Parkinson

{{short description|American lawyer (1927–2016)}} {{for|the English footballer|Ken Parkinson}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Kenneth Parkinson | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1927|9|13}} | birth_place = Washington D.C., U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2016|10|5|1927|9|13}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} | death_place = {{nowrap|Tubac, Arizona, U.S.}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} | occupation = Attorney-at-law | spouse = Pamela | parents = Kenneth and Martha | children = Anthony, Jeffrey, Philip }}

'''Kenneth Wells Parkinson'''<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=5822648&tid=&pid=&queryId=df195ccfd3159aa6ebcd653fb22643e3&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OzZ13001&_phstart=successSource Ancestry: Kenneth Wells Parkinson in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947]</ref> (September 13, 1927 – October 5, 2016) was an American lawyer. He was counsel to the Committee to Re-elect the President that supported Richard Nixon in 1972.<ref>{{Cite news | last = McLellan | first = Dennis | author-link = | title = Robert Mardian, at 82; his conviction in Watergate scandal was overturned | newspaper = The Boston Globe | pages = | date = July 21, 2006 | url = http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/07/21/robert_mardian_at_82_his_conviction_in_watergate_scandal_was_overturned/ | access-date = 2008-04-19 | postscript =  }}</ref> He was a member of the Watergate Seven, who were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 1, 1974.<ref>{{cite book | last = Friedman | first = Leon | author-link = | author2 = William F. Levantrosser | title = Watergate and Afterward: The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | year = 1992 | location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uD1Gugyo2H0C | isbn = 0313277818 | page = 104 }}</ref> Parkinson was acquitted on January 1, 1975.<ref>{{cite book | last = Morgan | first = Keevan | author-link = | title = Why You Are a Liberal{{snd}}Or Should Be | publisher = iUniverse | year = 2004 | location = | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XdyOkDnQGtYC | isbn = 059531354X | page = 151 }}</ref>

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