Frank Nixon Horse Tales Alter Ohio GOP Roots
A long retrospective recalls how Frank Nixon, Richard Nixon’s father, supposedly shifted from Democrat to Republican after a ride into McArthur to hear Governor William McKinley. The family lore links a horse and a halt in Vinton and Hocking counties to a party switch and eventual presidential history.
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Richard Milhous Nixon
White House
Ohio
Nixon
Vinton County
Frank
Richard
Eisenhower
Frank Nixon
Columbus
Richard Nixon
Califor
Hamden
Nixons
McArthur
William McKinley
McKinley
Mount Pleasant
Hocking
Democratic Party
President Nixon and Congress Clash Through 1974
Nixon faced a Congress often hostile to his Vietnam and domestic policies with the Senate Democratic majority opposing him while the House mostly supported him. Impeachment proceedings began after Watergate era turmoil, highlighting Nixon’s fragile hold on power as Republicans shifted cautious opposition.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
Archibald Cox
Andrew Johnson
White House
GOP
Brennan
New York City
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
James R. Schlesinger
Kissinger
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Cambodia
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
Changeable Nixon Cabinet Under Watergate Pressure
Nixon built a volatile cabinet with nearly two dozen departures or reshuffles. Kissinger remained, others faced indictments or resignations as White House aides blocked cabinet access and power shifted to the Oval Office amid Watergate.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Elliot L. Richardson
White House
Richard Nixon
Congress
Treasury
George Shultz
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Capitol Hill
Indochina
Michigan
George Romney
Richardson
Rogers
Eisenhower
John N. Mitchell
New York
Mitchell
Vesco
Finch
Romney
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Oval Office
Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon's Millionaire Status Lost In Tax Controversy
Nixon rose to near one million in net worth by 1973 amid land deals and tax moves. He released returns as IRS reaudited, and in 1974 the Joint Committee found $444,022 back taxes plus interest, with further disclosures of government financed improvements and related expenses.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Congressional
Joint
Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
IRS
San Clemente
Robert Abplanalo
C.G
Bebe) Rebozo
Key Biscayne
Fla
Miami
Rebozo
Abplanalp
Ocean Front
Congressional Committee
National Archives
Congress
Tricia Nixon
California
Senate
Florida
Coast Guard
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Vinton
Nia
the Messenger
Athens
Fri
By Mike Shanahan
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hickel
Executive Department
Laird
Caspar Weinberger
HEW
Johnson
Administration
Postal Service
Pentagon
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Witchell
State of the Union
By Gaylord Shaw
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