People in the Nixon White House Tapes

Richard M. Nixon served as the 37th President of the United States from January 1969 until his resignation in August 1974. In February 1971, he ordered the…

Stephen B. Bull served in the Nixon administration from its inception, initially working as a Staff Assistant to the President from January 1969 to February…

H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman served as President Richard Nixon's White House Chief of Staff from January 1969 until his resignation in April 1973. Acting as Nixon's…

Manuel "Manolo" Sanchez served as President Richard Nixon's personal valet throughout his entire administration, providing intimate daily assistance from…

During the Nixon administration, Henry A. Kissinger served as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from January 1969 through the end of…

Ronald L. Ziegler served as White House Press Secretary from January 1969 to August 1974, acting as President Nixon's primary spokesperson throughout the…

Alexander P. Butterfield served as Deputy Assistant to President Nixon from January 1969 to March 1973, a role in which he oversaw the installation and…

Charles W. Colson served as Special Counsel to the President from November 1969 to March 1973, and concurrently as the Director of the Office of Public Liaison…

John D. Ehrlichman initially served as Counsel to the President from January 1969 to November 1969, where his duties quickly expanded from legal issues to…

Rose Mary Woods served as President Richard Nixon's fiercely loyal Personal Secretary from January 1969 to May 1973, acting as a crucial gatekeeper to the Oval…

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. began his service in the Nixon administration as a military assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger from January 1969 to…

George P. Shultz was a central economic architect of the Nixon administration, serving first as Secretary of Labor from January 1969 to July 1970. During the…

As the younger daughter of President Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower served as a prominent public surrogate and campaigner, notably during the 1972 re-election…

Thelma C. "Pat" Ryan Nixon served as the First Lady of the United States throughout her husband Richard Nixon's presidency from January 1969 to August 1974.…

John B. Connally was a conservative Democratic politician and former Governor of Texas who became a close confidant of President Richard Nixon. During the…

William P. Rogers served as the United States Secretary of State from January 1969 to September 1973, encompassing the entirety of the Nixon White House taping…

Tricia Nixon Cox is the elder daughter of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, serving in the highly visible public role of First Daughter…

William E. Timmons served as a key legislative aide during the Nixon administration, managing the White House's relationship with Congress. He initially served…

John N. Mitchell served as the 67th Attorney General of the United States from January 1969 until February 1972. He transitioned from the Justice Department to…

Clark MacGregor was a Republican U.S. Representative from Minnesota who joined the Nixon administration in January 1971 as Counsel to the President for…

Raymond K. Price, Jr. was a prominent speechwriter and trusted confidant in the Nixon administration, known for his moderate political views and elegant prose.…

Peter M. Flanigan served as a key economic and commercial advisor during the Nixon administration, earning the nickname "Mr. Fixit" for his handling of…

During the Nixon administration, Gerald R. Ford served as the House Minority Leader, representing Michigan as a Republican and acting as a crucial legislative…

Kenneth R. Cole Jr. served on the White House staff throughout the entire Nixon administration, playing a key role in shaping domestic policy. During the White…

Spiro T. Agnew served as the 39th Vice President of the United States throughout the entirety of the Nixon White House taping period, holding the office from…

Patrick J. Buchanan served as a key advisor and speechwriter throughout the Nixon administration, specializing in political strategy and media analysis. During…

Marjorie P. Acker served as a Staff Assistant and Secretary to Rose Mary Woods, President Richard Nixon's personal secretary, throughout the Nixon…

Melvin R. Laird, previously a Republican Representative from Wisconsin, served as President Richard Nixon's Secretary of Defense from January 1969 to January…

Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo was a Florida banker and businessman who served as President Richard Nixon's closest personal friend and unofficial confidant…

Hugh Scott was a Republican U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania who served as the Senate Minority Leader during the majority of the Nixon administration, including…

Herbert Stein served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from January 1969 to December 1971, helping to design the Nixon administration's…

Elliot L. Richardson served in an unprecedented four senior positions during the Nixon administration, beginning as Under Secretary of State from January 1969…

William L. Safire served as a Special Assistant to the President and speechwriter from the beginning of the Nixon administration in January 1969 until his…

During the Nixon administration, George H. W. Bush initially served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas from January 1967 to…

Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger served in several key domestic policy roles during the Nixon administration, earning the nickname "Cap the Knife" for his…

Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins served as the personal photographer to President Richard Nixon and the Chief Official White House Photographer from the beginning of…

Leslie C. Arends was a Republican U.S. Representative from Illinois and served as the House Minority Whip throughout the entirety of the Nixon administration.…

Herbert G. Klein served as the first Director of Communications for the Executive Branch under President Richard Nixon, holding the position from January 1969…

Peter G. Peterson joined the Nixon administration in February 1971 as Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs, where he helped lay the…

Brent Scowcroft was a career U.S. Air Force officer who served as a key national security aide during the Nixon administration, frequently interacting with the…

John W. Dean III began his service in the Nixon administration as Associate Deputy Attorney General from February 1969 to July 1970, when he transitioned to…

Admiral Thomas H. Moorer began the Nixon administration as Chief of Naval Operations, a post he held from August 1967 until July 1970. In July 1970, President…

J. Fred Buzhardt Jr. began the Nixon administration as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administration (February 1969 to June 1969)…

Robert P. Griffin was a Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan whose tenure spanned from May 1966 to January 1979. Throughout the Nixon administration and the…

Richard K. Cook served as a key legislative liaison for the Nixon administration, focusing on relations with the U.S. House of Representatives. He held the…

James D. Hodgson served as Under Secretary of Labor from February 1969 to July 1970, when he was elevated to Secretary of Labor following George Shultz's…

Richard G. Kleindienst began his service in the Nixon administration as Deputy Attorney General in January 1969, a position he held until he was elevated to…

Donald H. Rumsfeld, a Republican congressman from Illinois, resigned his seat to join the Nixon administration as Director of the Office of Economic…

Arthur F. Burns was a prominent economist who initially served as Counselor to the President starting in January 1969, advising Richard Nixon on domestic and…

Robert H. Finch was a close friend and political confidant of Richard Nixon who initially served as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from…

Richard T. Kennedy was a career U.S. Army officer who served on the National Security Council staff under Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration. He…

Thomas C. Korologos was a key legislative liaison for the Nixon administration, playing a prominent role in the White House Office of Congressional Relations…

Harry S. Dent Sr. was a key political strategist for Richard Nixon, widely recognized as an architect of the Republican "Southern Strategy." He joined the…

During the Nixon administration, Robert J. Dole served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Kansas, a position he assumed in January 1969 and held throughout…

Paul W. McCracken served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from January 1969 until December 1971. During the early months of the White House…

Peter J. Brennan began the Nixon taping period as president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, a role he held from October…

Frederic V. Malek served as a key management strategist for the Nixon administration, professionalizing the recruitment of political appointees as Director of…

Roy L. Ash was a business executive who played a major role in restructuring the executive branch during the Nixon administration. He initially served from…

John A. Scali was a former ABC News correspondent who joined the Nixon administration in April 1971 as a Special Consultant to the President for foreign…

Leonard Garment served as Special Consultant to the President from May 1969 to January 1974, advising Richard Nixon on civil rights, the arts, and minority…

During the Nixon administration, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield served as the Democratic U.S. Senator from Montana and the Senate Majority Leader, a position he…

Rogers C. B. Morton began the Nixon administration serving concurrently as a Republican U.S. Representative from Maryland and Chairman of the Republican…

John K. Andrews, Jr. served as a staff assistant in the Nixon administration from 1969 to 1973, initially working in the Press Office before transitioning to…

George W. Romney served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from the beginning of the Nixon administration in January 1969 until January…

Richard A. Moore served as a senior advisor and legal counsel during the Nixon administration. At the start of the White House taping period in February 1971…

Clifford M. Hardin served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture during the first half of the Nixon administration, holding the position from January…

John V. "Jack" Brennan served as the Marine Corps Aide to President Richard Nixon throughout his administration, acting as a trusted military assistant and…

Walter R. Tkach was a U.S. Air Force Major General who served as the Physician to the President from January 1969 to September 1974. During the White House…

During the Nixon administration, John A. Volpe served as the Secretary of Transportation from January 1969 until February 1973, a period that included the…

Egil "Bud" Krogh Jr. served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs from November 1969 to February 1973, advising Richard Nixon on domestic…

Maurice H. Stans served as President Nixon's Secretary of Commerce from January 1969 until February 1972. During the taping period, in February 1972, he…

Lawrence M. Higby served as Deputy Assistant to the President and the primary administrative aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman from January 1969…

Earl L. Butz served as Secretary of Agriculture, taking office in December 1971 and remaining in the position through the end of the Nixon administration.…

Bryce N. Harlow was a trusted political advisor to President Richard Nixon, initially serving as Assistant to the President for Legislative and Congressional…

John C. Whitaker began his service in the Nixon administration as Secretary to the Cabinet in January 1969 before transitioning to Deputy Assistant to the…

Nellie L. Yates was a career civil servant who worked in the West Wing across seven presidential administrations. During the Nixon administration, she…

Barber B. Conable Jr. was a Republican U.S. Representative from New York who served in Congress from January 1965 to January 1985. During the White House…

James D. ("Don") Hughes served as the Armed Forces Aide (later Military Assistant) to President Richard Nixon from January 1969 to February 1972, managing…

Henry C. Cashen II served in the Nixon administration from its inception, initially working as Deputy Counsel to the President from January 1969 to July 1970.…

John G. Tower was a Republican United States Senator from Texas, serving from June 1961 to January 1985, which spanned the entirety of the Nixon…

Samuel L. Devine was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Ohio's 12th congressional district from January 1959 to January…

John J. Rhodes was a Republican Congressman from Arizona who, during the Nixon taping period, served as the Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee…

Gerald L. Warren served as Deputy Press Secretary to President Richard Nixon from January 1969 until Nixon's resignation in August 1974. During the White House…

Richard M. Helms served as the Director of Central Intelligence from June 1966 until February 1973, making him a central figure during the majority of the…

Henry E. Petersen was a career Justice Department official who played a central role in the early stages of the Watergate investigation. During the Nixon…

During the Nixon taping period, Nelson A. Rockefeller served as the 49th Governor of New York, a position he held from January 1959 until December 1973. As a…

John C. Stennis, a Democratic senator from Mississippi, served as the influential Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee throughout the Nixon…

Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson was a Republican Congressman from California who served throughout the Nixon administration. During the taping period, he represented…

John B. Anderson was a Republican Congressman from Illinois's 16th district throughout the Nixon administration. In 1969, he became the Chairman of the House…

Anatoliy F. Dobrynin served as the Soviet Ambassador to the United States throughout the entirety of the Nixon administration. During the White House taping…

John E. Nidecker served in the Nixon administration as a Deputy Special Assistant for Congressional Affairs, a role he was appointed to in 1969 and held until…

Wallace F. Bennett was a Republican Senator from Utah who served throughout the entire Nixon administration. During the White House taping period, he was a…

During the Nixon White House taping period, Anne L. Armstrong held significant national political roles. From 1971 until early 1973, she served as the…

During the Nixon White House taping period, James T. Lynn held two key sub-cabinet and cabinet-level positions. He began the period as Undersecretary of the…

George A. Lincoln served as the Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness for the duration of the Nixon taping period. Appointed by President Nixon, he…

Richard H. Poff, a Republican Congressman from Virginia's 6th district, was a key figure during the Nixon administration. In 1971, President Nixon seriously…

Dwight L. Chapin began his service in the Nixon administration as a Special Assistant to the President in January 1969, a role in which he acted as the…

Max L. Friedersdorf served in the White House legislative liaison office throughout the taping period. He began as a Special Assistant for Congressional…

Helmut "Hal" Sonnenfeldt was a senior staff member of the National Security Council from January 1969 until late 1973, serving as a close advisor to Henry…

Robert J. Brown served as a Special Assistant to President Richard Nixon, a role he began in 1969. During the taping period, he focused on community relations…

William F. "Billy" Graham was a prominent evangelist who served as a close spiritual advisor and informal confidant to President Richard Nixon. During the…

During the Nixon administration, Margaret Chase Smith served as a Republican United States Senator from Maine, a position she held until her departure from…

Norris Cotton was a Republican United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving from November 1954 until his resignation in December 1974. A close personal…

During the Nixon administration, Wilbur D. Mills served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Arkansas and the highly influential Chairman of the House Ways…

David N. Parker served in the Nixon administration, joining the White House staff in January 1971. He initially worked in Dwight Chapin's appointments and…

Carl B. Albert, a Democrat from Oklahoma, served as the 46th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the latter part of the Nixon administration.…

Milton R. Young was a senior Republican Senator from North Dakota during the entire Nixon administration. As a long-serving member of the Senate, he interacted…

Gordon L. Allott was a Republican Senator from Colorado who served throughout the entire Nixon administration. During this time, from 1969 until he left the…

James H. Cavanaugh served on the White House staff during the Nixon administration, beginning in 1971 as the Staff Assistant to the President for Health…

Zosimo T. Monzon, a Master Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, is documented as having interacted with the Nixon administration on several occasions. He is…

Edward R. F. Cox was primarily known during the Nixon administration as the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon, having married his daughter Tricia in a…

Dr. Edward E. David Jr. served as the Science Advisor to President Richard M. Nixon and the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology from…

George H. Mahon, a Democratic Congressman from Texas, was a powerful figure in Washington during the Nixon administration as the Chairman of the House…

During the White House taping period, Kenneth Rush first served as the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, where he was a chief negotiator of the significant…

John T. Dunlop, a labor economist and Harvard dean, played a key role in the Nixon administration's efforts to combat inflation during the taping period. In…

John W. Byrnes was a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin's 8th district who served throughout the entirety of the Nixon administration's taping period. As…

David M. Kennedy served as President Nixon's first Secretary of the Treasury from January 1969 until February 1971. During the initial part of the White House…

George Meany served as the president of the AFL-CIO throughout the entirety of the Nixon administration. During this period, he maintained a complex…

J. Philip Campbell, a former Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, served as the Under Secretary of Agriculture throughout the Nixon administration and the…

Geoffrey C. Shepard served on the White House staff for five years during the Nixon administration. [6, 7] He began as a White House Fellow in 1969 before…

Peter H. Dominick was a Republican Senator from Colorado who served throughout the entire Nixon administration, from 1969 to 1975. During the core of the White…

Hobart D. Lewis, the head of Reader's Digest, was a longtime acquaintance and informal advisor to President Richard Nixon. [1] During the White House taping…

Mark I. Goode served in the Nixon administration as a media consultant and television producer. In 1971, President Nixon appointed him as a special assistant…

Barry M. Goldwater, a Republican Senator from Arizona, served in the U.S. Senate throughout the entire Nixon administration. During the White House taping…

During the Nixon White House taping period, John N. Irwin, II served as a high-level diplomat. He began as Under Secretary of State in September 1970 and…

H. Allen Smith was a Republican congressman representing California's 20th district, serving from 1957 until January 1973. During the Nixon administration, he…

F. Edward Hébert, a Democratic Congressman from Louisiana, served as the influential Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during a significant…

Arnold R. Weber served as the associate director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1970 until 1971. In 1971, he became the executive director of the…

David C. Hoopes began his service in the Nixon administration in April 1971 as a staff assistant to the President. In this capacity, which he held throughout…

Thomas Hart served in the Nixon administration as a Staff Assistant and Special Assistant to the President. He appears as a participant in several…

David Packard served as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 1969 until his resignation in December 1971. [1, 3] During the early part of the…

George T. Bell served as a special assistant to President Richard Nixon, working under Charles Colson. He is most known for compiling the infamous "Nixon's…

Frank T. Bow was a Republican Congressman from Ohio's 16th district who served throughout the Nixon administration until his death. During the taping period…

Bill Beckman appears as a participant in several telephone conversations recorded at Camp David between May 18, 1972, and June 6, 1972. The content of these…

During the Nixon administration, George D. Aiken was a senior Republican U.S. Senator from Vermont, having served in the Senate since 1941. Throughout the…

During the Nixon administration, Robert C. Byrd, a Democratic senator from West Virginia, ascended in the Senate leadership. At the beginning of the taping…

During the Nixon administration, Ronald W. Reagan served as the 33rd Governor of California, a position he held for two terms. As a prominent Republican…

During the Nixon White House taping period, Kenneth E. BeLieu transitioned from his role as Deputy Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, a…

Charls E. Walker served in the Treasury Department for the majority of the Nixon administration. During the White House taping period, he was the Under…

Paul W. Keyes was an Emmy-winning comedy writer and producer who served as a trusted informal advisor and friend to President Richard Nixon. During the Nixon…

During the Nixon administration, Dr. James R. Schlesinger held a series of high-level positions. He began as the assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget…

Arthur J. Sohmer served as the chief of staff and assistant to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew from 1969 until Agnew's resignation in 1973. In this capacity, he…

J. William Fulbright, a Democratic senator from Arkansas, served as the influential chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee throughout the Nixon…

Gerard C. Smith served as the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) throughout the Nixon taping period, a position he held from 1969 until…

During the Nixon administration taping period, W. J. Usery, Jr. served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations, a position he held…

George E. Allen was a lawyer, businessman, and a friend to several U.S. presidents, including Richard Nixon. During the Nixon administration, particularly…

David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and son-in-law of President Richard Nixon, served as an officer in the United States Naval…

Virginia H. Knauer was a prominent figure in the Nixon administration, serving as the highest-ranking woman for a significant period. In April 1969, she was…

J. Edgar Hoover continued to serve as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the Nixon administration, a position he had held since 1924.…

Frederick B. Dent was appointed Secretary of Commerce by President Richard Nixon, a role he began in February 1973. He served in this capacity for the…

U. Alexis Johnson served as a high-ranking diplomat during the Nixon administration, holding the position of Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs…

Russell B. Long, a Democratic Senator from Louisiana, was the influential Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee for the entirety of the Nixon…

Jack R. Miller was a Republican United States Senator from Iowa, serving from 1961 until January 1973. During the Nixon taping period, he was a sitting senator…

Howard H. Baker Jr. was a Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee throughout the Nixon administration. A key figure during the Nixon taping period, he gained…

Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., a Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts, served as the House Majority Whip starting in January 1971. In this role, he was a…

William L. Gifford served in the Nixon administration in several capacities, primarily focusing on legislative affairs. He began as a Special Assistant for…

Claude S. Brinegar, a former oil company executive, was appointed by President Nixon as the third U.S. Secretary of Transportation. He began his service on…

William Hirsch appears as a participant in several conversations captured on the White House Tapes at Camp David between October 1972 and February 1973. During…

President Richard Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as the 15th Chief Justice of the United States in 1969, expecting him to lead a conservative court. During…

Frank E. Fitzsimmons served as the acting president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1967 until he was elected president in July 1971. During…

Stanley S. Scott began his service in the Nixon administration in June 1971 as Assistant to the Director of Communications for the Executive Branch, where he…

Idanell "Nellie" Connally was the wife of John Connally, who served as President Nixon's Secretary of the Treasury. She moved to Washington, D.C. in 1971 when…

W. Rick Howard served in the Nixon administration, initially as an Administrative Assistant in the Department of Commerce starting in 1969. In 1970, he moved…

Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. was a Democratic Congressman from Louisiana's 4th district who served throughout the Nixon administration. A conservative, he was a close…

William F. Rhatican served in several capacities within the Nixon White House during the taping period. He began in Herbert G. Klein's communications office in…

During the Nixon administration, Laurence H. Silberman served as Solicitor of the Department of Labor before becoming Under Secretary of Labor in 1970. In his…

Dr. William M. Lukash served as an Assistant White House Physician throughout the Nixon administration, having started in the same role under President Lyndon…

Winton M. "Red" Blount, Jr. served as President Nixon's Postmaster General from January 1969 until January 1972. During the taping period, he oversaw the…

Kenneth W. Clawson served as the Deputy Director of Communications for the Nixon administration, a role he began in February 1972. Within the White House…

William S. Mailliard was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing San Francisco, California, throughout the Nixon…

During the Nixon administration, Vernon A. Walters served as the U.S. military attaché in Paris until May 1972, where he played a key role in facilitating…

Robert T. Stafford, a Republican from Vermont, served in the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of the Nixon administration. In September 1971…

John G. Veneman served as Under Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) for a significant portion of the Nixon administration.…

John L. McClellan, a Democratic Senator from Arkansas, was a powerful figure in Congress during the Nixon administration. Throughout the taping period, he…

Edwin L. Harper served in the Nixon administration as a Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Director of the Domestic Council. During the White…

Jacob K. Javits, a liberal Republican Senator from New York, served throughout the Nixon administration. During the White House taping period, he was a vocal…

William H. Carruthers, a television executive and producer, served as a Special Consultant to the Nixon administration. He appears in White House records and…

William J. Baroody, Jr. served as an aide to Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird from 1969 until 1973. In 1973, he transitioned to the White House as a Special…

Ezra Solomon was an economist who served as a member of President Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers from September 1971 to March 1973. During this time…

Thomas Hale Boggs, a Democratic Congressman from Louisiana, served as the House Majority Leader for the entirety of the White House taping period until his…

Donald E. Johnson served as the Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the duration of the Nixon administration, from 1969 to 1974. During the White House…