PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON - TYPESCRIPT SIGNED 11/05/1979 CO-SIGNED BY: PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD - HFSID 348004
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PRESIDENTS RICHARD NIXON and GERALD R. FORD
The two men who served in the Oval Office signed this script that's framed!
Typescript Signed: "Richard Nixon" and "Gerald R. Ford/ 11/5/79". 5¼x7. Dated
November 5, 1979. One page. Message In Full: "Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford,
President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by
Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a
full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United
States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in
during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974. / In witness whereof, I
have hereunto set my hand this eight day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and seventy-four". This incredible piece includes the above excerpt from President
Gerald R. Ford's speech on September 8, 1974, in which he pardons Nixon from his
involvement in the Watergate Scandal. RICHARD NIXON (1913-1994) was the 37th
President of the United States. His political ascent was gradual, unlike his
decline from power due to the infamous Watergate scandal that ultimately led to
his resignation from the highest political office in the country. He served as a
United States Congressman in the House of Representatives (1947-1950)
and the Senate (1950-1953), eventually earning a spot as Vice President on
Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1952 ticket for President. After eight years as Vice
President in the Eisenhower administration, Nixon chose to run for Governor of
California. He lost the election to Pat Brown, a humiliating defeat for the man just
a year ago one step away from the Oval Office. After the Republicans endured
the disastrous 1964 elections, Nixon returned to politics and ran for
President in 1968. His tenure as President was marred by the Watergate
Scandal. His reelection organization was implicated in a break-in to the
Democratic National Committee headquarters, and a series audio tapes proved his
attempted cover-up of the incident using federal resources. Nixon resigned on
August 9, 1974, giving way to Gerald Ford as President. FORD (1913-2006)
was sworn in as the nation's 38th President (1974-1977) after previously served
as Nixon's Vice President (1973-1974) following the resignation of Vice
President Spiro Agnew, becoming the only man to have held both of the
nation's highest offices without being elected to either. Ford, who was
previously a U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1949-1973; Minority Leader,
1965-1973), lost his bid for election to a full four-year term partially as a result of
his controversial pardon of his predecessor. He was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999.Fine condition. Framed to an overall size of
30¼x22.
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