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 ...

Although the common nickname for Richard, Dick, was often used in a negative way in anti-Richard Nixon campaigns, Nixon's own campaign managed to reclaim it with the phrase "Stick with Dick," used in ...

At the time of the 1960 debate, pundits didn't think it was Nixon’s ruin. But television debates have since become a yardstick of a candidate’s appeal and electability. Senators question what ...