Richard Milhous Nixon · CatalogRichard Milhous NixonRichard Milhous Nixon · CatalogRichard Nixon (1913-1994) entered office amid the Vietnam War and deep domestic unrest.
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Richard Nixon (1913-1994) entered office amid the Vietnam War and deep domestic unrest. His first inaugural elevates the title of peacemaker and asks Americans to quiet angry voices so that unity can again be heard.
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“greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker”
Richard Nixon was sworn in on 20 January 1969, after a year of the Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, riots in many cities, and a divided Democratic convention in Chicago. He had narrowly defeated Hubert Humphrey, who sat on the platform with Lyndon Johnson.