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Nixon bought the estate in 1969 from Cotton's widow, and dubbed the home "La Casa Pacifica". It was soon nicknamed "The Western White House" by the press, and the name was favored by Nixon himself; the latter became the term of subsequent similar presidential homes. President Richard and first lady Pat Nixon in the living room, 1971
Nixon and Haldeman pressured the FBI to end its investigation of Watergate, and White House Counsel John Dean promised the Watergate burglars money and executive clemency if they did not implicate the White House in the break-in. [228] The Watergate burglars were convicted in January 1973 without implicating the White House, but members of ...
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.
Every morning, one of Nixon's White House aides prepared and delivered a "morning news summary" to Nixon's office, full of newspaper clippings that mentioned him. It was the first thing that the ...
The morning that his resignation took effect, the President, with Mrs. Nixon and their family, said farewell to the White House staff in the East Room. [84] A helicopter carried them from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Nixon later wrote that he thought, "As the helicopter moved on to Andrews, I found myself thinking not ...
Nixon left the White House by helicopter before Ford was sworn in. There may have been others,” Greenberg said. Snopes also debunked the claim. Check Your Fact has also contacted the White House ...
The case began in 1978 when Arthur Fitzgerald – a former contractor for the US Air Force – sued Nixon and other White House aides for damages after he lost his job after giving testimony to ...
The White House releases 150 million in federal highway funds for the previous year. [42] March 6 – President Nixon vetoes the Energy Emergency Act. [43] President Nixon holds a televised and radio broadcast news conference in the East Room at the White House during the evening. [44]