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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Senate votes 55 to 45 in a rejection of Haynsworth for the Supreme Court. [169] November 22 – President Nixon pledges to assist Illinois Republicans in the 1970 midterm elections as a payback for assistance with his presidential campaign the previous year. [170]
January 6 – The House and Senate jointly officiate the re-election of President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew to a second term during a ceremony. [18] January 8 – United States Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird says 5,000 men will be drafted between March 1 and July 1 during an appearance before Congress. [19]
Between Nixon's accession to office and his resignation in August 1974, unemployment rates had risen from 3.5% to 5.6%, and the rate of inflation had grown from 4.7% to 8.7%. [64] Observers coined a new term for the undesirable combination of unemployment and inflation: "stagflation", a phenomenon that would worsen after Nixon left office. [66]
Illinois did not lose any congressional seats during reapportionment. As of 2020, this is the last time that Illinois has not lost any congressional districts during a post-census reapportionment. Before the election, both the Democratic and Republican parties held 12 seats from Illinois.
Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that still echoes in today's very different political ...
Rockefeller was generally considered to be a liberal Republican, and Ford decided that picking Rockefeller would help his candidacy gain support in the 1976 presidential election. [3] Rockefeller's nomination dismayed many conservatives; many conservative Democrats and Republicans opposed the nomination.
*Nixon was a write-in candidate in some states' presidential primaries and received 316 votes. 1956 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): [4] Richard Nixon (inc.) - 1,323 (100.00%) 1956 United States Presidential Election Results: