Second inauguration of Richard NixonPersonalBirthplaceElectoral historyDepictionsU.S. Representative from California1946 election1948 electionU.S. Senator from California1950 electionCheckers speech36th Vice President of the United StatesTransitionEisenhower administrationInaugurations firstsecondMotorcade attackKitchen DebatePost-vice presidency1962 California gubernatorial bid"Last press conference"37th President of the United StatesPresidencyTimelineTransitionInaugurationsfirstsecondAppointmentsFederal judgesSupreme Court candidatesJudicial controversiesPoliciesEconomicNixon shockForeignNixon DoctrineVietnamizationEnvironmentalEPAClean WaterNOAALegacy of ParksCannabiswar on drugsNative AmericanTenureEnd of the draft1972 visit to ChinaAnti-Ballistic Missile TreatyWar on cancerPhiladelphia PlanMinority Business EnterpriseOSHAApollo programParis Peace Accordsdecent interval1971 Bolivian coup d'état1973 Chilean coup d'étatYom Kippur WarairliftMideast Peace ProcessMarine Mammal Protection ActEndangered Species ActImpeachment processWatergate scandaltimelineTapesUnited States v. NixonResignation speechPardonPost-presidencyNixon interviewsFoundationPresidential Library and MuseumCenter for the National InterestBibliographySix CrisesDeath and state funeralPresidential campaigns1960electionprimariesconventiondebates1968electionprimariesconvention"Bring Us Together"1972electionprimariesconventionVice presidential campaigns1952 selectionconventionelection1956 conventionelectionThe second inauguration of Richard Nixon as president of the United States was held on Saturday, January 20, 1973, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 47th inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and final term of both Richard Nixon as president and Spiro Agnew as vice president.
Spiro AgnewVice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973Spiro Theodore Agnew (; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973 under President Richard Nixon. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 3rd executive of Baltimore County from 1962 to 1966 and the 55th governor of Maryland from 1967 to 1969.
Richard NixonPresident of the United States from 1969 to 1974PersonalBirthplaceElectoral historyDepictionsU.S. Representative from California1946 election1948 electionU.S. Senator from California1950 electionCheckers speech36th Vice President of the United StatesTransitionEisenhower administrationInaugurations firstsecondMotorcade attackKitchen DebatePost-vice presidency1962 California gubernatorial bid"Last press conference"37th President of the United StatesPresidencyTimelineTransitionInaugurationsfirstsecondAppointmentsFederal judgesSupreme Court candidatesJudicial controversiesPoliciesEconomicNixon shockForeignNixon DoctrineVietnamizationEnvironmentalEPAClean WaterNOAALegacy of ParksCannabiswar on drugsNative AmericanTenureEnd of the draft1972 visit to ChinaAnti-Ballistic Missile TreatyWar on cancerPhiladelphia PlanMinority Business EnterpriseOSHAApollo programParis Peace Accordsdecent interval1971 Bolivian coup d'état1973 Chilean coup d'étatYom Kippur WarairliftMideast Peace ProcessMarine Mammal Protection ActEndangered Species ActImpeachment processWatergate scandaltimelineTapesUnited States v. NixonResignation speechPardonPost-presidencyNixon interviewsFoundationPresidential Library and MuseumCenter for the National InterestBibliographySix CrisesDeath and state funeralPresidential campaigns1960electionprimariesconventiondebates1968electionprimariesconvention"Bring Us Together"1972electionprimariesconventionVice presidential campaigns1952 selectionconventionelection1956 conventionelectionRichard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974.
Vice President of the United StatesSecond-highest constitutional office in the United StatesThe vice president of the United States (VPOTUS, VP, or informally veep) is the second-highest office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate.
George McGovernGeorge Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, first as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing South Dakota's 1st congressional district from 1957 to 1961, and then as a United States Senator from 1963 to 1981.
President of the United StatesHead of state and governmentFor other uses, see President of the United States (other).The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The power of the presidency has grown since the first president, George Washington, took office in 1789.
United States Electoral CollegeIn the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president in the presidential election. This process is described in Article Two of the Constitution. The number of electors from each state is equal to that state's congressional delegation which is the number of senators (two) plus the number of Representatives for that state.
Sargent ShriverRobert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the Kennedy family through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty.
Republican Party (United States)Political partyThe Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a right-wing populist and neo-nationalist political party in the United States, sitting on the right-wing to far-right of the political spectrum. Founded in 1854, it emerged as the main rival of the Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then.
Democratic Party (United States)Political partyThe Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party. Its main rival is the Republican Party, and since the 1850s, both have dominated American politics. The Democratic Party initially supported Jacksonian democracy, agrarianism, and geographical expansionism, while opposing a national bank and high tariffs.
Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974 after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. A member of the Republican Party, Ford previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.
Pyrrhic victoryA Pyrrhic victory ( ) is a victory gained at such a cost to the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. The phrase references a statement attributed to Pyrrhus of Epirus. After his victory against the Romans in the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, Plutarch reports that Pyrrhus exclaimed "One more victory over the Romans and we are completely done for!"
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