Murray Chotiner (1909–1974) was an American
political strategist,
attorney, government official, and close associate and friend of
President Richard Nixon during much of Nixon's political career. He served as
campaign manager for the future president's run for the
United States Senate in 1950 and for his vice presidential bid in 1952, and managed the campaigns of other
California Republicans. He was active in each of Nixon's two successful runs for the
White House in low-profile positions. After Congress investigated Chotiner in 1956, suspecting the attorney was using his connections to Nixon for
influence peddling to benefit his private clients, the Vice President and his former campaign manager temporarily parted ways. Nixon recalled him to work on his 1962
gubernatorial campaign and again for his successful
1968 presidential bid. After Nixon was inaugurated in 1969, Chotiner received a political appointment to a government position and, in 1970, became a member of the
White House staff. He returned to private practice a year later, but was involved in
Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign. He remained an informal adviser to Nixon until he died in
Washington D.C. following an auto accident in January 1974, and Nixon mourned the loss of a man he described as a counselor and friend.
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