Jul 7, 2016 | News, Nixon Today, Post-Presidential Years, Pre-Presidential Years, Presidency
1. In 1960, Richard Nixon and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were the first U.S presidential candidates to take part in televised debates. The debate series was divided into four parts, each dealing with substantive issues of the time. For those who listened to the...
Nov 2, 2015 | News, Nixon's Comeback, Post-Presidential Years, Pre-Presidential Years, Republican Party, The New Nixon
The polarizing rhetoric in presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s 1964 acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention left the Republican Party torn between his and Governor Rockefeller’s loyalists. Months later, Goldwater lost in a landslide defeat to...
May 19, 2015 | National Security Council, News, Post-Presidential Years, Pre-Presidential Years
Henry Kissinger was the National Security Advisor to RN from late 1968 throughout his presidency. During his time in office he worked closely with RN to develop the policies that would open Communist China to the United States and help bring the Vietnam War to a...
May 1, 2015 | Domestic Policy, News, Post-Presidential Years, Pre-Presidential Years
When RN won the election in 1968, he was interested in populating his cabinet with Democrats so that he would have better rapport with Congress. He created a committee that would oversee domestic policy issues, specifically those that dealt with poverty and income...
Mar 9, 2015 | News, Post-Presidential Years, Pre-Presidential Years
Portrait of Richard M. Nixon, c. 1967. In August, 1967, Vice President Nixon created an outline of the policies that he intended to carry into office in 1969. In the report he spoke only briefly of domestic issues, mentioning the importance of upholding the law,...
