Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States (1969–1974), the only president to resign from office.
His presidency included diplomatic openings to China and the Soviet Union, but ended in the Watergate scandal—a cover-up of political espionage that made his name synonymous with presidential corruption.
He went full Nixon suggests paranoid scheming or self-destructive dishonesty in power.
Disgraceful public affair
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- tapesAdhesive strips or recordings
- impeachmentCharging officials with misconduct
- break-inUnlawful entry to premises
obstruction of justice · Saturday Night Massacre · Deep Throat · subpoena · Carl Bernstein · Bob Woodward · The Washington Post · plumbers
Indochinese kingdom near Vietnam
- bombingAttack with explosives
- VietnamizationTransferring military burden locally
- peace talksFormal conflict-resolution discussions
- Paris Peace Accords1973 Vietnam War settlement
Henry Kissinger · Kent State · antiwar protests · POWs · Laos · troop withdrawal · escalation
Second-ranking executive officer
- senatorUpper chamber member
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- RepublicanGOP party member
- Whittier"Snow-Bound" author
Formal goodbye address
- disgraceLoss of honor
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- East RoomWhite House reception hall
- V-signTwo-finger gesture meaning triumph
Gerald Ford · San Clemente · exile · downfall
Easing of strained relations
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- anti-communismOpposition to Marxist ideology
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- kitchen debate1959 Moscow exhibition argument
Brezhnev · ping-pong diplomacy · rapprochement · Mao Zedong · Zhou Enlai · Beijing · nuclear arms control · containment
Federal educational equity law
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
- Clean Air ActFederal pollution standards law
- OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator
- polarizingCausing sharp division
rehabilitated · elder statesman · foreign policy · complex · contradictory
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- tapesAdhesive strips or recordings
- impeachmentCharging officials with misconduct
break-in · obstruction of justice · Saturday Night Massacre · Deep Throat · subpoena · Carl Bernstein · Bob Woodward · The Washington Post · plumbers · enemies list
Cambodia
Indochinese kingdom near Vietnam
- bombingAttack with explosives
- VietnamizationTransferring military burden locally
- peace talksFormal conflict-resolution discussions
Henry Kissinger · Paris Peace Accords · Kent State · antiwar protests · POWs · Laos · troop withdrawal · escalation
vice president
Second-ranking executive officer
- senatorUpper chamber member
- congressmanHouse of Representatives member
- RepublicanGOP party member
farewell speech
Formal goodbye address
Gerald Ford · V-sign · San Clemente · exile · downfall
détente
Easing of strained relations
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- anti-communismOpposition to Marxist ideology
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
kitchen debate · Brezhnev · ping-pong diplomacy · rapprochement · Mao Zedong · Zhou Enlai · Beijing · nuclear arms control · containment · Red Scare
Title IX
Federal educational equity law
- desegregationEnding enforced group separation
- Clean Air ActFederal pollution standards law
- OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator
polarizing · rehabilitated · elder statesman · foreign policy · complex · contradictory
- RichardsDick, Ricky, Richie, Rich
- VeepsJoe Biden, Kamala Harris, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Mike Pence
- Eisenhower EraDwight Eisenhower, Ike, farewell address, Camp David, second term
- GOP HistoryAbraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, GOP, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush
- Scandalized PoliticiansMatt Gaetz, Boris Johnson, Newt Gingrich, Al Franken, Lula da Silva
- Vietnam War FiguresHo Chi Minh, Lyndon Johnson, Henry Kissinger
Richard NixonGeorge Washington
Jimmy Carter · Abraham Lincoln · Gerald Ford · Dwight Eisenhower · Harry Truman
Richard NixonHubert Humphrey
Ted Kennedy · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Bernie Sanders · Lyndon B. Johnson · Robert F. Kennedy
Richard NixonJohn F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan · Barack Obama · Bill Clinton · charismatic leader · Franklin D. Roosevelt