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 issues. During the White House taping period, his responsibilities shifted dramatically when he was appointed Acting Counsel to the President in April 1973, replacing John Dean amidst the escalating Watergate scandal. He held this legal role until January 1974, when he transitioned to Assistant to the President, a position he maintained through the end of the Nixon administration in August 1974.
On February 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel E. Wyly, Berkeley G. Burrell, John Belindo, Ben Fernandez, James M. Roche, Alan Steelman, Rocco C. Siciliano, Abraham Venable, and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:59 am to 12:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 455-005 of the White House Tapes.
On February 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, Leonard Garment, Robert H. Finch, Manolo Sanchez, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 2:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 459-004 of the White House Tapes.
On March 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:41 am to 10:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 462-009 of the White House Tapes.
On March 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the Congressional Black Caucus, including Charles C. Diggs, Jr., August F. Hawkins, William L. Clay, George W. Collins, John Conyers, Jr., Ronald V. Dellums, Walter E. Fauntroy, Ralph Metcalfe, Parren J. Mitchell, Robert N. C. Nix, Charles B. Rangel, Louis Stokes, and Shirley Chisholm, as well as staff members Clark MacGregor, Robert H. Finch, George P. Shultz, George W. Romney, Robert J. Brown, and Leonard Garment and press photographers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 051-012 of the White House Tapes.
On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Don Wright, Rogers C. B. Morton, Ted Stevens, Fritz Behren, Leonard Garment, Bradley H. Patterson, Jr., Barbara ("Bobbie") (Greene) Kilberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-006 of the White House Tapes.
On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Leonard Garment, Robert H. Finch, Nancy Hanks, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Joyce (Pierson) Rumsfeld, Jeannette (Husted) Rumsfeld, and George D. Rumsfeld met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:40 am to 1:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-014 of the White House Tapes.
On April 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur S. Flemming, John B. Martin, Elliot L. Richardson, and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:12 am to 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 487-002 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and representatives of five major senior citizens' organizations, including Fred Fassen, William L. Mitchell, Thomas G. Walters, Ashby Smith, Garson Meyer, Marcelle G. Levy, Geneva Mathiasen, Nelson H. Cruikshank, Rose A. Nathenson, Matthew DeMore, James Carbray, Katherine Pearce, Elsie E. Green, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Richard C. Van Dusen, Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, John B. Martin, and Leonard Garment, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:37 am to 11:04 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 057-004 of the White House Tapes.
On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-138 of the White House Tapes.
On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-020 of the White House Tapes.
On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Cabinet officers, and staffers, including John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red"), Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert J. Brown, Edward L. Morgan, Edwin L. Harper, John C. Whitaker, Neal Ball, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Raymond J. Waldman, Leonard Garment, John F. Evans, Jr., Lewis A. Engman, Roy D. Morey, Peter Michel, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Martin C. ("Marty") Anderson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arnold R. Weber, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 10:31 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 060-001 of the White House Tapes.
On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Robert J. Brown, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Leonard Garment, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:54 am to 11:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 529-021 of the White House Tapes.
On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Leonard Garment, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, John S. Davies, Cynthia Frink, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:31 pm to 3:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 532-023 of the White House Tapes.
On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-051 of the White House Tapes.
On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur S. Flemming, Bernice V. (Moler) Flemming, Harry S. Flemming, John Parker, Susan H. (Flemming) Parker, Elizabeth Parker, Charles Parker, John Parker, Jr., Elliot L. Richardson, John B. Martin, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Leonard Garment, James W. McLane, L. John Evans, Webster B. Todd, Jr., Thomas A. Flannery, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 645-004 of the White House Tapes.
On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert O. Anderson, J. Erik Jonsson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Leonard Garment, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:24 pm to 2:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 647-017 of the White House Tapes.
On March 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, the Cabinet Committee on Education, and private attorneys, including John B. Connally, Richard G. Kleindeinst, Elliot L. Richardson, Wilmot R. Hastings, George P. Shultz, Paul H. O'Neill, Kenneth W. Dam, Edward L. Morgan, James Clawson, Leonard Garment, Clark MacGregor, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Richard K. Cook, Hammond Chaffetz, Fred Bartlit, William Jentes, Robert H. Bork, Charles A. Wright, and Daniel McAuliffe, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 11:17 am to 12:33 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 094-003 of the White House Tapes.
On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald S. Berman, Leonard Garment, William J. Powell, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 1:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 683-007 of the White House Tapes.
On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, George P. Shultz, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Robert C. Byrd, Robert P. Griffin, Jacob K. Javits, Roman L. Hruska, James O. Eastland, Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford, Albert H. Quie, William M. McCulloch, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Richard K. Cook, Edward L. Morgan, Paul H. O'Neill, Patrick J. Buchanan, Kenneth W. Dam, Leonard Garment, Herbert G. Klein, White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 9:54 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 095-001 of the White House Tapes.
On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, David J. Mahoney, Jr., Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 12:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 756-012 of the White House Tapes.
On September 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Leonard Garment, William E. Timmons, Stephen B. Bull, Harry S. Dent, Charles W. Colson, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:47 pm and 6:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 772-015 of the White House Tapes.
On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone from 11:57 am to 12:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-088 of the White House Tapes.
On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, W. Clement Stone, Douglas K. Kinsey, Leonard Garment, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:17 am to 11:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-011 of the White House Tapes.
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, George P. Shultz, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Herbert Stein, William L. Safire, Leonard Garment, George H. W. Bush, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:38 pm to 9:05 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 111-002 of the White House Tapes.
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, John C. Whitaker, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, George H. W. Bush, Donald E. Johnson, William D. Ruckelshaus, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Herbert G. Klein, Leonard Garment, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard A. Moore, Arthur J. Sohmer, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., David N. Parker, David R. Gergen, Stanley S. Scott, Franklin R. Gannon, John S. Guthrie, Jr., Tod R. Hullin, Patrick J. Buchanan, Lawrence M. Higby, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Frederic V. Malek, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 3:10 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 117-007 of the White House Tapes.
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Lucy Ferguson, John Ferguson, Donald Williams, Mrs. Donald Williams, Jeanette Williams, Mark Williams, Jonathan Williams, Diane Jordan, Shelby Jordan, Kim Jordan, Leonard Garment, Max M. Fisher, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-014 of the White House Tapes.
On April 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Leonard Garment, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 425-044 of the White House Tapes.
On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 9:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-004 of the White House Tapes.
On April 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and American Jewish leaders, including Max M. Fisher, Jacob Stein, Charlotte Jacobson, Al E. Arent, Rabbi Israel Miller, Herman Weisman, David M. Blumburg, Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, Paul Zuckerman, Mel Dubinsky, Phillip Hoffman, Dr. William Wexler, Albert Speigel, Jerry Goodman, Yehuda Hellman, Leonard Garment, William E. Timmons, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 12:29 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 123-001 of the White House Tapes.
On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Leonard Garment, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-026 of the White House Tapes.
On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 12:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-033 of the White House Tapes.
On May 9, 1973, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 3:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-172 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:28 pm to 7:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-044 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:19 pm and 7:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-033 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, Ronald L. Ziegler, Leonard Garment, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:27 pm and 8:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-039 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, Ronald L. Ziegler and Leonard Garment talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:27 pm and 8:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-034 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, Leonard Garment and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:27 pm and 8:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-035 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Leonard Garment, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:27 pm to 8:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 436-015 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Leonard Garment, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 9:40 pm to 9:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-049 of the White House Tapes.
On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Richard F. Schubert, Frank C. Carlucci, James T. Lynn, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Arthur J. Sohmer, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., General Brent G. Scowcroft, Frederic V. Malek, David N. Parker, Herbert G. Klein, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 121-002 of the White House Tapes.
On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, 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, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John B. Connally, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 124-002 of the White House Tapes.