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...
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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....
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