The presidential election of 1968 was one of the most chaotic in ... contest was orderly compared to the Democratic one. Richard M. Nixon staved off potential strong opponents such as Michigan ...

In 1968, Wilt Chamberlain was the biggest basketball star in the world and Richard Nixon was the Republican candidate for ...

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a ...

Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and Frank Lautenberg hold the record for the most appearances on a New Jersey general ...

Richard M. Nixon lost the election of 1960 to John F. Kennedy by a small margin of 112,000 popular votes. When Nixon ran again in 1968, he cast himself as representing a “Great Silent Majority,” a ...

For Americans, the world seemed to turn upside down in 1968 ... president, all the while having another goal in mind. If he were to take enough electoral votes away from Nixon and Humphrey, the ...

Richard Nixon ... of that hold him back. Nixon was a senator by the age of 37 and became the second youngest Vice President in history in 1952. He was President by 1968, winning a second term ...

Humphrey in a closely contested election that was not decided ... science adviser to Nixon NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 1968 (UPI) - President-elect Richard M. Nixon, his administration beginning to take ...