New Nixon Tapes Released About the Final Days Before the Resignation

by Mike Purdy | Aug 7, 2014 | Richard Nixon

August 9, 2014 will mark the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation as President of the United States.Library releases new tapes:  On August 5, 2014, the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum began releasing unedited videos from a June 10, 1983...

Presidents Pointing and Staring

by Mike Purdy | Aug 4, 2014 | Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt

Here’s a collage of Presidents pointing and staring at their audience.  Who do you think does it best? Top left to right: Carter, Obama, JohnsonMiddle left to right: Reagan, Uncle Sam, Theodore RooseveltBottom left to right: George W. Bush, Kennedy,...

3 Winners of Free Book about Nixon’s Marriage

by Mike Purdy | May 27, 2014 | Books, Richard Nixon

Mike Purdy drawing 3 names from a hat On Memorial Day, May 26, 2014, I pulled three names from the list of 218 email subscribers to this Presidential History Blog as the lucky winners of a free copy of the recently published book, Pat and Dick: The Nixons, an Intimate...

Drawing for 3 Free Copies of New Book About Richard Nixon and His Marriage

by Mike Purdy | Apr 13, 2014 | Richard Nixon, Wives and Mistresses

In the newly published and highly readable book Pat and Dick – The Nixons, an Intimate Portrait of a Marriage, historian and psychologist Will Swift has written a riveting tale that recounts the career and crises of Richard Nixon as filtered through the lens of...

Presidential Pardons

by Mike Purdy | Oct 20, 2013 | Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, James Garfield, Jimmy Carter, Presidential Pardons, Richard Nixon, William Henry Harrison

The U.S. Constitution gives the President of the United States the “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” (Article II, Section 2)FDR’s record breaking number of pardons: ...

New Book – Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage

by Mike Purdy | Feb 19, 2013 | Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon

A newly published book examines the relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.  Entitled “Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage,” author Jeffrey Frank examines the often troubled political and private relationship...