Stanley L. Greigg

Stanley Lloyd Greigg (May 7, 1931 – June 13, 2002) was an American politician who served one term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwestern Iowa. A Democrat, he was elected to succeed longtime Republican representative Charles B. Hoeven in 1964 upon Hoeven's retirement, but lost to Republican Wiley Mayne two years later in 1966. Greigg later became a key player in the early stages of the notorious Watergate break-in in 1972.

Biography Greigg was born in Ireton, Iowa, and spent his earliest years there and in nearby Hawarden, where his parents were involved in the restaurant business. Greigg's family moved to Sioux City, Iowa and operated a restaurant there. After his father died in 1942, Greigg assisted his mother in running the restaurant. He continued to do so before and after his graduation from Sioux City East High School.

Greigg received his B.A. at Morningside College in Sioux City in 1954, then spent two years at Syracuse University in graduate work in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He served in the United States Navy from 1957 to 1959 attaining the rank of Seaman (E-3).

He returned to Sioux City to serve as the Dean of Men of his alma mater, Morningside College, where he also taught speech and history courses. Greigg was hesitant to jump into the race, however, and his party's support went to his former legislative aide, Jerry O'Sullivan, who won the nomination but lost to Mayne in a landslide.

Watergate break-in Greigg served as the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1970 to July 1972. It was in that position that Greigg found himself at the genesis of the Watergate scandal in the early morning hours of June 17, 1972. In the office of Greigg's personal secretary, in DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex, D.C. police officers first confronted burglars carrying eavesdropping devices. Awakened early that morning by a call from a D.C. policeman and informed that his offices had been burglarized, Greigg asked, "did you catch the kids?" The officer responded, "no, sir, these men we arrested were in business suits." Greigg called DNC Director Lawrence O'Brien, and told him that "all hell had broken loose."

In July 1972, Greigg moved from his party position to a similar role in the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern. He also served as director of the Lawrence F. O'Brien Center at Dag Hammarskjold College in 1972.

Congressional Budget Office Greigg returned to Capitol Hill in an appointed position, serving in the Congressional Budget Office and ultimately becoming the director of its Office of Intergovernmental Relations. Greigg served with the Congressional Budget Office from 1975 to 1998.

Death Greigg died on June 13, 2002, in Salem, Virginia. At the time of his death, he was serving as vice president of the metropolitan Washington synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.