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Jun 6, 2022

Nixon to Face Governor Brown in California Gubernatorial Contest

June 6, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon became the Republican nominee for Governor of California today. He cleared the first hurdle on the...

Jun 4, 2022

Rockefeller Touts Civil Rights Record, Challenges Kennedy

June 4, 1962 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller replied today to a Democratic challenge on civil rights and issued one to President Kennedy in...

Jun 1, 2022

New Biography of Senator Goldwater Published

June 1, 1962 - A new political biography of Senator Barry Goldwater, Arizona Republican, pictures him today as believing he would have a...

May 30, 2022

Rep. Lindsay Meets Constituents in Yorkville

May 30, 1962 - Memorial Day was a day off in Congress, but not for Representative John V. Lindsay (pictured with his wife Mary),...

May 26, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Speaks in Philadelphia

May 26, 1962 - Governor Rockefeller called today for a renewed faith in the American dream and an extension of that dream to...

May 23, 2022

Sen. Javits Supports Gov. Rockefeller for President in 1964

May 23, 1962 - Senator Jacob K. Javits today became the first prominent Republican political leader to propose Governor Rockefeller as...

May 23, 2022

Primary Competitor Says Nixon Cannot Win Gubernatorial Contest

May 23, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon cannot win the governorship of California, his rival in the Republican primary, Joseph C. Shell, declared...

May 22, 2022

Nixon Agrees To Debate Gov. Brown in California Gubernatorial Race

May 22, 1962 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon has committed himself to face his opponent on a national television panel in his...

Feb 16, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Hits Kennedy on Civil Rights

Feb. 16, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, speaking at a Lincoln Day fund-raising dinner held by the Niagara County Republican...

Feb 10, 2022

George Romney Will Run for Michigan Governor

Feb. 10, 1962 - George Romney announced today that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan. The 54-year-old...

Feb 2, 2022

Tough Talk from Ike to GOP

Feb. 2, 1962 - Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Republicans last night to overhaul the party’s organization and get rid of incompetents if...

Feb 2, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Visits Iowa

Feb. 2, 1962 - More than 3,000 Iowa Republicans turned out last night to welcome Governor Rockefeller (pictured) of New York. They seemed...

Jan 18, 2022

GOP Leaders Hit Kennedy on Budget Proposals

Jan. 18, 1962 - Republican leaders viewed the Administration’s legislative and budgetary proposals today as power-building projects....

Oct 30, 2021

Nixon Won’t Run for President in ’64, Will Support “Strongest Candidate”

Oct. 30, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon advised Governor Rockefeller today to prove himself the Republican party’s strongest Presidential...

Oct 27, 2021

1960 Republican Delegates Prefer Goldwater for 1964

Oct. 27, 1961 - A preference for Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1964 has been indicated...

Sep 30, 2021

Nixon: I'm Not Afraid of JFK

Sept. 30, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon moved today to take himself completely out of the Presidential picture in 1964, even by way of a draft...

Sep 27, 2021

Nixon to Run for Governor of California

Sept. 27, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon announced today that he would be a candidate for Governor of California next year. The former Vice...

Sep 16, 2021

Eisenhower Attacks Kennedy Administration

Sept. 16, 1961 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower vigorously attacked the Kennedy Administration in Chicago today. He said Americans...

Sep 14, 2021

Rockefeller Coy about Plans for 1964

Sept. 14, 1961 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller (pictured left) refused to be pinned down today on whether he would serve a full,...

Sep 14, 2021

Nixon Challenges Truman to Piano-Playing Contest

Sept. 14, 1961 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon challenged former President Harry S. Truman today to a piano-playing contest....