Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.

Who is Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.?

Hugh W. Sloan Jr., was treasurer of the Committee to Re-elect the President, Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 campaign committee. Previously, he was an aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman.

Sloan graduated with a B.A. from Princeton University in 1963, and then served in the United States Navy until 1965.

In 1965 he worked as a fund raiser for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, then for the Republican National Finance Committee until 1968.

In 1968 Sloan served as assistant finance director on the Nixon–Agnew Finance Committee, then after the election served as a personal aide to Nixon on the Presidential Transition Committee until early 1969, when he joined the White House Staff as an assistant to Dwight Chapin on January 20. Under direction of Chapin, Sloan supervised the mail operation in the appointments office, which included handling all invitations to the president. He was also responsible for staffing and planning White House social functions until early March 1971.

That same year he married Deborah Murray and served as a finance/campaign expert for what was originally the Citizens Committee to Re-Elect the President, then headed by acting director Jeb Magruder,. The organization was renamed to Committee for Re-Election of the President, with Sloan as its treasurer.