Richard Nixon

            "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
             honor now beckons America-the chance to lead the world at last out of the valley.
             of turmoil and onto that high ground of peace that man has dreamed of since the.
             dawn of civilization."1 These were words spoken by Richard Milhous Nixon. He.
             was the thirty-seventh president to take office. He was a skilled negotiator and.
             had a great understanding of foreign affairs. He probably is remembered most.
             for his achievements in foreign policy and the famous Watergate scandal that.
             forced him to resign his office. .
             Richard Nixon ran for president in 1960 against John F. Kennedy, but lost.
             the election. Not giving up hope, he ran again in 1968. His campaign strategies.
             were to unite the Republican party and he appealing to voters in border,.
             southern, and western states by enunciating conservative policies that.
             distinguished the GOP from the liberalism of the Democrats and the more.
             conservative views of the American Independent party. His opponents of this.
             election were Democrat Hubert F. Humpherey and Gov. George Wallace of.
             Alabama, candidate for the American Independent party. Nixon decided that he.
             did not want the Vietnam war to become a campaign issue; but he did pledge to.
             end the war if he was elected. Wallace talked about the issue the most. In.
             conclusion of the election, Nixon won 32 states, Humphrey 13 plus the District of.
             Columbia, and Wallace 5 in the South. Humphery and Nixon came close with.
             31,770,237 to 31,270,533 and 9,906,141 for Wallace. Nixon received 301.
             electoral votes, to 191 for Humphrey and 46 for Wallace. .
             President Richard Nixon inherited a country at war, aggravation, and.
             violence. His goal was to get all US troops out of Vietnam. He did reduce US.
             troops from 550,000 in 1969 to about 30,000 in 1972. Nixon did not immediately.
             set a date for the withdrawal of all US troops; he said that the United States.
             must leave Vietnam in a way "that gives the South Vietnamese a reasonable.