Richard Nixon On January 20, 1969, Richard Nixon was sworn in as the thirty-seventh president of the United States. Nixon’s vice-president was Spiro T. Agnew. His work as president started weeks earlier, before he even took office. Those weeks were spent choosing the people who would be in his cabinet. In 1969, one of the most urgent businesses facing him was finding a way to end the Vietnam War without allowing the government of South Vietnam to …showed first 75 words of 2216 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2216 total…to tell them officially that he was resigning. One hour later he went on national television to announce that he would be resigning the presidency at noon the following day. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY The Haldeman Diaries, Haldeman H.R., 1994 G.P. Putnam’s Sons New York, NY Encyclopedia of Presidents, Lillegard Dee, 1988 Childrens Press, Chicago Richard M. Nixon The Thirty-seventh President, Hargrove, Jim, 1985, Childrens Press, Chicago Richard Nixon Six Crises, Nixon Richard, 1992, Touchstone, New York, NY