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Following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew on October 1973, Gerald R. Ford was nominated by President Nixon to become the 40^th Vice President of the United States. However, Nixon resigned on August 1974 after losing public support over the Watergate scandal and Ford automatically became the 38th President of the United States. Ford is the only person who served as both Vice President and President without being elected to either office. He served as President from August 1974 to January 1977 with Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York as his Vice President. He was loved by the public and easily  won the Republican Party's nomination in the 1976 presidential election. Ford’s opponent was the Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter and he lost the election with 241 electoral votes to Carter’s 297 votes.

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Gary Hart was an American politician and lawyer who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. His main competitor in the '84 campaign was Walter Mondale. Their race was tight until the primary election in June 1983 where voting took place in five states: California, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, West Virginia. Hart was speaking to a crowd in California right before the primary and made the mistake of insulting New Jersey by remarking that his wife, campaigning without him, was having a better time being in California than he would in New Jersey. He then went on to make it worse by saying that he had to hold samples from toxic waste dumps in New Jersey while his wife held koala bears in California. These remarks evaporated Hart's 15 point lead in the New Jersey polls and he ended up losing the state. He won California but lost the '84 nomination to Mondale. Later, as an early front runner in the 1988 campaign, he had to withdraw after it was discovered he had had an extramarital affair. 

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Donald J. Trump is the 45th president of the United States of America. A real estate mogul, entrepreneur, and reality television star, Trump ran a highly controversial presidential campaign for the 2016 election cycle. His rallies drew large crowds of both supporters and detractors, with clashes sometimes erupting into violence. 

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Donald J. Trump ran under the Republican banner in the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election defeating the popular Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton to secure the Presidency. Despite controversial speeches and interviews along with allegations of sexual misconduct towards women in his employ, Trump still polled highly among his supporters and Republicans alike. However, Trump was unable to secure the majority of the popular vote (only 46%) but was able to acquire a majority of the electoral vote (304 of the 270 votes needed) to cement his victory making him one of few Presidents not to receive the majority of the popular vote but still win.

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Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. Before becoming President, he was Vice-President for 8 years under Dwight Eisenhower. During his time as President, he ended the US involvement in the Vietnam war, started the Environmental Protection Agency, and brought POWs back to the US. In 1974, he resigned in disgrace after the Watergate Scandal. If he had not resigned, he would have been impeached. Nixon is the only President to resign.

As First Lady, Pat Nixon was known for her hard work and tireless energy. She was college educated, and was the first First Lady to earn a graduate degree. When Nixon ran for President, a campaign ad slogan was used during the election, “Pat for First Lady.” 

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The Bricker Amendment is the collective name of a series of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution that was debated by the United States Senate during the 1950s. Named for their sponsor, Republican Senator, John W. Bricker of Ohio, the amendment was designed with the mindset of keeping international affairs from entering American life, especially after World War II. Furthermore, the amendment was also designed to reduce the president's ability to negotiate agreements with foreign powers without the need for congressional approval. Despite attracting early support, the Bricker Amendment would ultimately be blocked by the efforts of President Eisenhower alongside then-Senate Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson, whose interventions made the amendment fail by a single vote in 1954.

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"As Esu Del Ike" is Lithuanian for "I Like Ike," Dwight D. Eisenhower's slogan for his successful 1952 presidential campaign. Eisenhower was initially approached by both the Democrat and Republican parties to run in the 1948 election, but he turned them both down. In 1952, however, the retired general embraced the task as the Republican's nominee. 

Despite being a national war hero for his role as a World War II general, Eisenhower's team crafted the slogan to portray him as down-to-earth. The simple phrase worked and it, along with the candidate, became incredibly popular. "I Like Ike" was used in the nation's first televised campaign ads, including one animated by Walt Disney Studios. Additionally, campaign merchandise reproduced the slogan in at least ten different languages. America proved to be receptive to the message, as Eisenhower defeated the Democrat Adlai Stevenson in a landslide victory.  

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Jonathan Binkley is the chair of the Republican Political Items Collection for the American Political Items Collectors, a non-profit organization founded in 1945 dedicated to studying, preserving, and collecting political and presidential items. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican candidate George W. Bush ran against Democratic candidate John Kerry. In 2003, however, the official candidates had not yet been chosen. During the primary elections, there had been nine Democratic candidates running for presidency. The main contenders for the Democratic party were John Kerry and John Edwards. Binkley had presumably chosen Kerry as the Democratic candidate before the primaries had come to a close.

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Jonathan Binkley is the chair of the Republican Political Items Collection for the American Political Items Collectors, a non-profit organization founded in 1945 dedicated to studying, preserving, and collecting political and presidential items. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican candidate George W. Bush ran against Democratic candidate John Kerry. In 2003, however, the official candidates had not yet been chosen. During the primary elections, there had been 15 Republican candidates running for presidency. The main Republican candidates were George W. Bush and Bill Wyatt. Binkley had presumably chosen Bush as the Republican candidate before the primaries had come to a close.

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Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States and served from 1969-1973 under the Nixon administration. Vice President Agnew was a controversial figure who vocally supported conservative views and disparaged the media which criticized President Nixon. Catchphrases were coined by Agnew in his many pointed inflammatory speeches, including “nattering nabobs of negativism” and “radiclibs,” short for radical liberals. His phrases became so famous/infamous that they were published in the book: The Real Spiro Agnew: Commonsense Quotations of a Household Word. 

Agnew's career reached an early end in 1973 when he was charged with receiving kickbacks and bribes while in office. General Alexander M. Haig, Nixon’s chief of staff, took action and informed Agnew’s staff that if the vice president resigned and pleaded guilty to a single charge, the others against him would be dropped and he would not have to serve time in jail. Agnew pleaded nolo contendere to the tax charges and resigned from office on October 10, 1973. 

“Just What Nixon Always Needed - AGNEW face,” refers to Agnew’s resignation and the celebration that happened when a different vice president was appointed. Soon after, Nixon also resigned from office due to the Watergate Scandal. Agnew and Nixon were the first—and, as of 2024, the only—presidential pair to both resign from office.