Richard Nixon (R) 1969-74
- Vice President of Eisenhower
- Lost 1960 election to JFK
- The only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency
- Only President to resign from office
- Got about 43 percent of the vote
- Took control of war in Vietnam and got troops out like he said he would
- Ended the war by expanding the war
- Pro- environment
- War on Drugs- 1971
- Supported women
- Equal Employment Opportunity
-Watergate:
- Motel office complex
- Democratic national committee was here
- On June 17 burglars broke into Watergate because they wanted to bug the phones and take pictures of documents.
- Wanted to find dirt on Democrats so Nixon could be re- elected
- Burglars were caught the second time
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