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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

Nixon Family Greets Eisenhower

Senator Richard M. Nixon (third from left), Republican nominee for Vice President, and his family greet General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center), Republican nominee for President, upon his arrival amongst a crowd of well-wishers at Washington National Airport. The woman next to Mr. Nixon on the left is his wife, Pat. All others are unidentified.

Nixons visit Truman Library

President Richard M. Nixon visits the Harry S. Truman Library. Foreground, from left to right: First Lady Pat Nixon, President Nixon, former President Harry S. Truman, former First Lady Bess W. Truman. In the background, standing in the doorway, is Mrs. Dorothy Brooks, wife of the Library Director, Dr. Philip C. Brooks.

President Harry S. Truman speaks to Congress

Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio (right, seated in third row from floor) sits with his hand to his mouth as he hears President Harry S. Truman (at rostrum, extreme left) denounce the Taft-Hartley Act and ask congress to quickly give him power to seize and operate the struck steel industry. Seated in the same row as Senator Taft are from left: Joseph McCarthy (Wisconsin), Richard Nixon (California) and Andrew Schoeppel (Kansas). Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society