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 Affairs. In this role, he was a key advisor on healthcare policy. In 1973, he transitioned to become the Associate Director for Human Resources on the Domestic Council staff.
On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Committee on Mental Retardation, including Elliot L. Richardson, Patricia R. Hitt, Clair W. Burgener, Kenneth Robinson, Jeannette Rockefeller, Nan Ulle, Joseph H. Douglas, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:15 am to 10:56 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 083-004 of the White House Tapes.
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Kauffman, Stephen M. Morris, Jack A. L. Hahn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-037 of the White House Tapes.
On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Benno C. Schmidt, R. Lee Clark, Robert A. Good, Elliot L. Richardson, James H. Cavanaugh, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 10:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-017 of the White House Tapes.
On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, Pearl M. Bailey, J. Willis Hurst, Ross Reid, Dr. James M. Hundley, Campbell Moses, M. Frederisk Arkus, Herbert Cornell, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 664-008 of the White House Tapes.
On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Mike Finamore, Ann Landers, A. Hamblin Letton, Mrs. A. Hamblin Letton, Charles R. Ebersol, Mrs. Charles R. Ebersol, Lane W. Adams, Mrs. Lane W. Adams, Irving I. Rimer, Alan Davis, John Finamore, Mrs. John Finamore, Deborah Finamore, Alice Letton, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 12:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 697-023 of the White House Tapes.
On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Frank J. Rauscher, Elliot L. Richardson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:40 am to 11:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 720-006 of the White House Tapes.
On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, John S. Millis, Theodore Cooper, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 743-005 of the White House Tapes.
On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John G. Veneman, Dr. Merlin K. ("Morty") Duval, Marie Callender, Arthur S. Flemming, James H. Cavanaugh, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:41 am to 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 747-006 of the White House Tapes.
On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, Roger O. Egeberg, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:09 am to 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 758-007 of the White House Tapes.
On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, Sherwin Bash, Paul Block, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, the White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 758-014 of the White House Tapes.
On September 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. Anne Kibrick, Carol Eady, Dr. Dr. Issac Beckes, A. J. Gaston, Margaret E. Walsh, Helena M. ("Obie") Shultz, Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe, Jane (Dalton) Weinberger, James H. Cavanaugh, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 775-007 of the White House Tapes.
On September 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. Charles A. Hoffman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:49 pm to 1:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 786-021 of the White House Tapes.
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, staff, and physicians from a delegation from the People's Republic of China, including Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Dr. John Hogness, Dr. John R. Kernodle, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Dr. Walter R. Tkach, James H. Cavanaugh, unknown person(s), Dr. Wu Wei-jan, Dr. Fu Yi-chen, Dr. Lin Chiao-chih, Dr. Wu Hsueh-yu, Dr. Li Yen-shan, Dr. Chu Chuan-yan, Dr. Liu Shih-lien, Dr. Han Jui, Dr. Chou Kuan-han, Dr. Chang Shu-shun, Dr. Hsu Chia-yu, Wang Lien-sheng, Lu Tsung-ming, and Tai Tseng-yi, members of the press, and the White House photographer, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 10:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-004 of the White House Tapes.
On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Committee on the Health Services Industry, including Barbara Dunn, J. Alexander McMahon, Samuel J. Tibbitts, and James W. Haviland, as well as Herbert Stein, Donald H. Rumsfeld, James H. Cavanaugh, the White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 808-007 of the White House Tapes.
On February 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, Aram Bakshian, Jr., Richard M. Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Dana G. Mead, James H. Falk, Tod R. Hullin, John L. Campbell, Hank Paulson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:38 am to 10:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 847-008 of the White House Tapes.
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Peter J. Brennan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James F. Oates, James H. Cavanaugh, Col. H. Spencer Faircloth, William H. Ayers, Lawrence L. O???Conner, Richard Gerstenberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:53 am to 11:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 862-008 of the White House Tapes.
On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Rebecca Jane Dalton Weinberger, James H. Cavanaugh, Peter Yu, Richard Ross, Kemmons Wilson, William W. Moore, and Jack P. Segal met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:51 am and 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 867-009 of the White House Tapes.
On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, James H. Cavanaugh, Renee Vincent, Dr. Clarence Vincent, Mrs. Dr. Clarence Vincent, Philip Roos, and Mrs. Curtis Knighton met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-009 of the White House Tapes.
On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, James H. Cavanaugh, and Donald E. Johnson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 890-016 of the White House Tapes.
On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. John R. Kernodle, and James H. Cavanaugh met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:32 pm to 12:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 890-023 of the White House Tapes.
On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Jack Pardee, Phyllis Lane (Perryman) Pardee, Charles R. Ebersol, Mary D. Ebersol, Lane W. Adams, Mrs. Lane W. Adams, Irving I. Rimer, Steve Barrie, Minnie Pearl, Henry Cannon, James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 3:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 893-019 of the White House Tapes.
On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John Norris, Robert Hitchins, Tom Pike, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:31 pm to 12:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 897-013 of the White House Tapes.
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, J. Philip Campbell, Richard G. Kleindienst, William P. Clements, Jr., George H. W. Bush, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., Richard A. Moore, W. Richard Howard, David R. Gergen, Patrick J. Buchanan, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Bruce A. Kehrli, Stanley S. Scott, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, Arthur J. Sohmer, Lee W. Huebner, Jerry H. Jones, Donald F. Rodgers, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Herbert G. Klein, Thomas C. Korologos, Gerald L. Warren, Andrew T. Falkiewicz, Max L. Friedersdorf, Lyndon K. Allin, Fred F. Fielding, Michael J. Farrell, James H. Falk, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Dana G. Mead, Geoffrey C. Shepard, and C. Gregg Petersmeyer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 11:52 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 120-001 of the White House Tapes.
On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Edmund C. Casey, James H. Cavanaugh, Stanley S. Scott, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 922-013 of the White House Tapes.
On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Charles C. Edwards, Robert S. Stone, James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 929-012 of the White House Tapes.