OVERVIEW:
U.S. House of Representatives (1947-1950)
U.S. Senate (1950-1953)
Vice President (1953-1961)
Candidate for President (1960)
President (1969-1974)
FIRST LADY:
VICE PRESIDENTS:
RESOURCES:
Nixon Library
White House
U.S. Senate
Miller Center
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
History Channel
Wikipedia
Nixon Presidential Library
Virtual Library (Nixon Library)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Public Papers (National Archives)
Oral Histories (Nixon Library)
White House Recordings (Miller Center)
White House Tapes (Nixon Library)
Nixon Tapes
Transition Oral History (National Archives)
American Experience (PBS)
Speech Archive (Miller Center)
National Archives
Library of Congress
Smithsonian
NOTABLE BOOKS:
1960 ELECTION:
DEMOCRATS:
JOHN F. KENNEDY (PRES)
LYNDON B. JOHNSON (VP)
Electoral Vote: 303 (56.4%)
Popular Vote: 34,226,731 (49.7%)
REPUBLICANS:
RICHARD M. NIXON (PRES)
HENRY CABOT LODGE (VP)
Electoral Vote: 219 (40.8%)
Popular Vote: 34,108,157 (49.5%)
DEMOCRATS:
HARRY F. BYRD (PRES)
STROM THURMOND (VP)
Electoral Vote: 15 (2.8%)
Popular Vote: 0 (0%)
NOTE:
Senator Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) was not on the ballot, but received 15 electoral votes, including 14 votes from unpledged electors (6 in Alabama and 8 in Mississippi) and 1 vote from a faithless elector (Oklahoma).
1968 ELECTION:
REPUBLICANS:
RICHARD M. NIXON (PRES)
SPIRO T. AGNEW (VP)
Electoral Vote: 301 (55.9%)
Popular Vote: 31,785,480 (43.4%)
DEMOCRATS:
HUBERT H. HUMPHREY (VP)
EDMUND MUSKIE (PRES)
Electoral Vote: 191 (35.5%)
Popular Vote: 31,275,166 (42.7%)
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT:
GEORGE WALLACE (PRES)
CURTIS LEMAY (VP)
Electoral Vote: 45 (8.4%)
Popular Vote: 9,906,473 (13.5%)
1969 INAUGURATION:
Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies, WP)
Library of Congress (1969)
Joint Congressional Committee (1969)
1972 ELECTION:
REPUBLICANS:
RICHARD NIXON (PRESIDENT)
SPIRO AGNEW (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 520 (96.7%)
Popular Vote: (47,169,911) (60.7%)
DEMOCRATS:
GEORGE MCGOVERN (PRESIDENT)
SARGENT SHRIVER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 17 (3.2%)
Popular Vote: 29, 170,383 (37.5%)
1973 INAUGURATION:
Inaugural Address (Transcript, Video, Ceremonies)
Library of Congress (1973)
Joint Congressional Committee (1973)
WATERGATE:
Washington Post Coverage
New York Times
Nixon Library Exhibits
Senate Watergate Committee
Woodward and Bernstein Papers (University of Texas)
Federal Bureau of Investigation Files
Ford Presidential Library Exhibit
1974 RESIGNATION:
Media, 8/9/1974 (NYT, WP)
NIXON ADMINISTRATION:
Chief of Staff:
H.R. “Bob” Haldeman (1969–1973)
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (1973–1974)
Press Secretary:
Ronald L. Ziegler (1969–1974)
Secretary of Agriculture:
Earl L. Butz (1971–1976)
Clifford M. Hardin (1969–1971)
BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Robert P. Mayo (1969–1970)
George P. Shultz (1970–1972)
Casper W. Weinberger (1972–1973)
Roy L. Ash (1973–1975)
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
Richard M. Helms (1966-1973)
James R. Schlesinger (1973)
William E. Colby (1973-1976)
Secretary of Commerce:
Frederick B. Dent (1973–1975)
Peter G. Peterson (1972–1973)
Maurice H. Stans (1969–1972)
CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS:
Paul W. McCracken (1969-1971)
Herbert Stein (1972-1974)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
George S. Brown (1974-1978)
Thomas H. Moorer (1970-1974)
Earle Wheeler (1964-1970)
Secretary of Defense:
James R. Schlesinger (1973–1975)
Elliot L. Richardson (1973)
Melvin R. Laird (1969–1973)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR:
William D. Ruckelshaus (1970–1973)
Russell E. Train (1973-1977)
SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE:
Robert H. Finch (1969–1970)
Elliot L. Richardson (1970–1973)
Caspar W. Weinberger (1973–1975)
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
George W. Romney (1969–1973)
James T. Lynn (1973–1975)
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Walter J. Hickel (1969–1970)
Rogers C. B. Morton (1971–1975)
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
William B. Saxbe (1974-1975)
Elliot L. Richardson (1973)
Richard G. Kleindienst (1972–1973)
John N. Mitchell (1969–1972)
Secretary of Labor:
Peter J. Brennan (1973–1975)
James D. Hodgson (1970–1973)
George P. Shultz (1969–1970)
National Security Adviser:
Henry A. Kissinger (1969–1975)
Postmaster General:
Winton M. Blount (1969–1971)
SECRETARY OF STATE:
William P. Rogers (1969–1973)
Henry A. Kissinger (1973–1974)
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION:
John A. Volpe (1969–1973)
Claude S. Brinegar (1973–1975)
Secretary of the Treasury:
William E. Simon (1974)
George P. Shultz (1972–1974)
John B. Connally (1971–1972)
David M. Kennedy (1969–1971)
United Nations Ambassador:
John A. Scali (1973-1975)
George H.W. Bush (1971-1973)
Charles W. Yost (1969-1971)
U.S. Trade Representative:
William D. Eberle (1971-1974)
Carl Gilbert (1969-1971)
ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS:
Donald E. Johnson (1969–1974)
Chairman of the Federal Reserve:
William McChesney Martin (1951-1970)
Arthur F. Burns (1970-1978)
Counselors/ Advisors:
Alexander Butterfield
Charles Colson
Archibald Cox
John W. Dean (1970-1973)
John D. Ehrlichman (1969-1973)
Mark Felt
E. Howard Hunt
Leon Jaworski
Egil Krogh
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
G. Gordon Liddy
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Gordon C. Strachan
Rose Mary Woods (1969-1974)
SUPREME COURT NOMINATION:
William H. Rehnquist (1972-2005)
Lewis Powell (1971)
Harry Blackmun (1970)
G. Harrold Carswell (Rejected)
Clement Haynsworth (Rejected)
Warren E. Burger (1969-1986)
CONGRESS:
Speaker of the House:
John W. McCormack (1962-1971)
Carl B. Albert (1971-1977)
Senate Majority Leader:
Mike Mansfield (1961-1977)
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Obituaries (WP, NYT, LAT, Hunter Thompson)