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 and Means Committee. Holding these positions throughout Nixon's presidency, Mills was a central legislative figure who frequently negotiated with the White House over taxation, Social Security, and Nixon's proposed Family Assistance Plan. During the White House taping period, he also mounted a brief, unsuccessful campaign for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination before continuing his powerful committee work.
On March 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:52 pm and 1:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 470-016 of the White House Tapes.
On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Frank T. Bow, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 6:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-001 of the White House Tapes.
On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 5:45 pm to 5:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-033 of the White House Tapes.
On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, unknown person(s), J. Edgar Hoover, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Wilbur D. Mills, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-018 of the White House Tapes.
On June 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 10:42 am to 10:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-156 of the White House Tapes.
On June 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:42 am to 10:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 528-006 of the White House Tapes.
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert P. Griffin, Milton R. Young, Allen J. Ellender, John J. Sparkman, John G. Tower, Wallace F. Bennett, Russell B. Long, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, William B. Widnall, Wilbur D. Mills, John W. Byrnes, John B. Connally, Charls E. Walker, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter G. Peterson, William L. Safire, and Kenneth E. BeLieu, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:39 am to 12:54 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 070-001 of the White House Tapes.
On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, William P. Rogers, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:09 am to 10:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 629-006 of the White House Tapes.
On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 10:01 am to 10:06 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-018 of the White House Tapes.
On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-072 of the White House Tapes.
On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-003 of the White House Tapes.
On December 10, 1971, during the Signing of the Revenue Act of 1971 (HR 10847), President Richard M. Nixon, Russell B. Long, Wallace F. Bennett, Clinton P. Anderson, Herman E. Talmadge, Carl T. Curtis, Jack R. Miller, Robert P. Griffin, Wilbur D. Mills, John W. Byrnes, Jackson E. Betts, Charles J. Chamberlain, Herman T. Schneebeli, Al Ullman, James E. Smith, Larry Woodworth, Thomas Vail, John B. Martin, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Warren McEleney met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:18 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 086-002 of the White House Tapes.
On December 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, John G. Tower, Carl B. Albert, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, John W. Byrnes, Gerald R. Ford, Wright Patman, William B. Widnall, Wilbur D. Mills, John B. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Peter G. Peterson, George P. Shultz, Paul A. Volcker, Henry A. Kissinger, John A. Scali, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, William L. Safire, Nathanial Samuels, Ezra Solomon, White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 1:22 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 086-003 of the White House Tapes.
On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Wilbur D. Mills, and Abbie L. (Daigh) Mills met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:51 pm to 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-006 of the White House Tapes.
On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Wilbur D. Mills, and Abbie L. (Daigh) Mills talked on the telephone from 1:52 pm to 1:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-042 of the White House Tapes.
On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:46 pm to 8:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 148-008 of the White House Tapes.
On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:46 pm to 8:50 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 219-010 of the White House Tapes.
On January 26, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including George P. Shultz, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John L. McClellan, Russell B. Long, Milton R. Young, Wallace F. Bennett, Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, George H. Mahon, Wilbur D. Mills, Elford A. Cederberg, Herman T. Schneebeli, John D. Ehrlichman, Herbert Stein, William E. Timmons, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Frederic V. Malek, Thomas C. Korologos, and Richard K. Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 11:04 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 113-004 of the White House Tapes.
On January 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including George P. Shultz, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John L. McClellan, Russell B. Long, Milton R. Young, Wallace F. Bennett, Carl B. Albert, Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, George H. Mahon, Wilbur D. Mills, Elford A. Cederberg, Herman T. Schneebeli, John D. Ehrlichman, Herbert Stein, William E. Timmons, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Frederic V. Malek, Phyllis Galanti, Darlene Sadler, Helene Knapp, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 11:12 am to 11:59 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 113-005 of the White House Tapes.
On February 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:15 pm to 5:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 852-015 of the White House Tapes.
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Gerald R. Ford, White House operator, Wilbur D. Mills, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 4:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-017 of the White House Tapes.
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-196 of the White House Tapes.
On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), John W. Dean, III, White House operator, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 2:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 882-012 of the White House Tapes.
On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 1:42 pm to 1:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-140 of the White House Tapes.
On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including George P. Shultz, Peter M. Flanigan, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, Russell B. Long, J. William Fulbright, Wallace F. Bennett, George D. Aiken, Carl B. Albert, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, Leslie C. Arends, Wilbur D. Mills, Dr. Thomas E. ("Doc") Morgan, Herman T. Schneebeli, William S. Mailliard, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Kenneth W. Dam, William D. Eberle, and William Pierce, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 10:19 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 122-001 of the White House Tapes.