PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON - AUTOGRAPH NOTE ON BUSINESS CARD SIGNED - HFSID 300099

RICHARD M. NIXON
Signed business card bearing the address of his post-Presidential office
Autograph Note on Business Card signed: "To Michael Moses/with best wishes/from Richard Nixon", 3½x2 card. Printed text: Richard Nixon/577 Chestnut Ridge Road/Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey 07675". Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994), was elected 37th President (1969-1974) of the U.S. in 1968 after representing California in the U.S. House of Representatives (1947-1951) and U.S. Senate (1951-1953) and serving two terms as Dwight D. Eisenhower's Vice President. Nixon lost (1960), then won (1968), extremely close Presidential elections (facing John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, respectively), then won re-election by a landslide against George McGovern in 1972. His re-election triumph rapidly turned sour, however, as the burgeoning Watergate scandal claimed more and more of his key aides and finally compelled his own resignation. A pragmatic conservative who gained an early reputation as an anti-Communist, Nixon would achieve diplomatic triumphs in relations with China and the Soviet Union. On January 23, 1973, he made the historic announcement that a cease-fire on January 27 would end American involvement in the long and devastating Vietnam War. At home, Nixon initiated plans to improve the environment and added four conservative justices, including Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, to the U.S. Supreme Court. The first President to employ the 25th Amendment, he chose Gerald R. Ford to replace the resigning Spiro T. Agnew as his Vice President. On August 9, 1974, eight months after Ford was sworn in (December 6, 1973), Nixon resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal. He was pardoned by his successor on September 8. Nixon's prolific writings in his retirement years helped repair his reputation and hastened his re-emergence as an elder statesman. After his Presidency, Nixon maintained an office in the Perillo Tours building in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Lightly worn. Slightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.