#nixon administration

[victusinveritas]

Just a helpful reminder.

[iloverunningerrands]

not perfect but i felt compelled to make this

[deadpresidents]

is it true that nixon didn't use the resolute desk in the oval office when he was president because he used woodrow wilson's desk?

Yes...well...kinda...

President Nixon and President Ford both used what was called the "Wilson Desk" instead of the more famous Resolute Desk used by most modern Presidents in the Oval Office.

Nixon was an admirer of Woodrow Wilson and mistakenly believed that the "Wilson Desk" had been used by President Wilson during World War I. It was then believed that instead of Woodrow Wilson, the desk had actually belonged to Henry Wilson, who served two years as Ulysses S. Grant's second-term Vice President before dying in office in 1875.

But, it turns out that the "Wilson Desk" was never used by President OR Vice President Wilson. It was purchased by Garrett A. Hobart, who was William McKinley's first-term Vice President (Vice President Hobart also died in office), and used in the Vice President's Room in the Senate wing of the U.S Capitol. Somewhere along the way, it was erroneously believed that the desk had been used by Presidents McKinley and Wilson, but it now seems that the desk was almost always used by VICE Presidents at the Capitol, beginning with VP Hobart in 1898. Nixon became familiar with the desk because he also used it when he was Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961). When Lyndon Johnson succeeded Nixon as Vice President, the "Wilson Desk" ended up in Texas at the LBJ Ranch for a while. LBJ may have even used the desk at the LBJ Ranch while he was President. (President Johnson didn't use the "Wilson" OR Resolute desks in the Oval Office during his Presidency -- he used a desk that he had previously used while serving in the Senate, and that desk is now on display at the LBJ Library's replica Oval Office exhibit in Austin.) LBJ's Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey seems to be the first VP since Hobart originally ordered the "Wilson" desk who did not use it during his Vice Presidency. When Nixon was inaugurated as President in 1969, he immediately sought out the "Wilson Desk" for the Oval Office.

I believe that the "Wilson Desk" (which, again, wasn't actually used by a Wilson but is still primarily known by that name) has been back in the Vice President's Room at the Capitol since President Ford left the White House and has been used in the VP's Senate office by every Vice President since Walter Mondale in 1977.

[dadsinsuits]

William P. Rogers

[tomorrowusa]

Context is everything. Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking should be looked at in the context of Donald Trump's history of sex offenses.

As for Pam Bondi, she should learn from her predecessor John Mitchell. Mitchell was attorney general during Richard Nixon's first term.

In 1975 Mitchell was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury related to his role in the Watergate scandal. He served 19 months in federal prison.

The cover-up is what got Nixon's people in trouble. Bondi has been hiding evidence of Trump's involvement with Epstein in the Epstein files.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“We’ve got to break the back of this generation of Democratic leaders,” Kissinger told Nixon, plotting to use foreign policy for domestic advantage. Nixon agreed: "We’ve got to destroy the confidence of the people in the American establishment.”

[Joan Walsh :: The Nation]

[bitchard-nixon]

I have this theory that every friend group is a metaphor for the Nixon administration.

[todaysdocument]

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon with Actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, on February 25, 1973. 

Collection RN-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration)

Series: Nixon White House Photographs

Image description: In a reception area of the White House, the Nixons, Debbie Reynolds, and Carrie Fisher stand and smile for a photo. Ms. Reynolds is wearing a dark plaid trench coat over a dark skirt or dress; President Nixon is wearing a dark suit with a rosette-patterned necktie. He has his arm around Ms. Reynolds. Ms. Fisher is wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar and cuffs. Mrs. Nixon is wearing a light striped skirt suit.