Former New York Sen. James Buckley, an early agitator for then-President Richard Nixon's resignation and winner of a landmark lawsuit challenging campaign spending limits, died Friday at age 100.
Buckley died at a hospital in Washington, D.C., according to his son David Buckley of Arlington, Virginia.
Buckley, identifying himself as both a Republican and Conservative, represented New York in the Senate for one term, losing in 1976 to Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In March 1974, Buckley shocked New York Republicans when he called on Nixon to resign to pull the nation"out of the Watergate swamp" and save the office of the presidency.
"He really wasn't a politician; that's probably one of the reasons he didn't get reelected," state Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long said of Buckley in 2006."He really was a statesman of the highest order. He believed very strongly in a set of values, the Constitution and America. He was an outstanding gentleman."
After the Connecticut race, Buckley was appointed by then-President Ronald Reagan as an undersecretary of state from 1981 to 1982.
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