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Former California State Senator and Vice President of the United States during the Eisenhower administration, Richard M. Nixon ran for the U.S. presidency in 1968 under the Republican Party, defeating Democrat Hubert Humphrey, making him the 37th President of the United States. During his time in office, Nixon accomplished a great deal in equality and environmental awareness in which he aided in the desegregation of the U.S. school system and established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). However, these accomplishments were soon overshadowed by the Watergate Scandal of 1972 that highlighted the wrongdoing of his administration, which caused him to resign in his second term. 

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Ronald Reagan was an actor who became involved with politics in the 1960s. He was the Governor of California from 1966 to 1974. In 1968 and 1976 he ran unsuccessfully to become the Republican Party's nominee for President, but he easily secured the nomination in 1980. At the Republican Convention on July 14, 1980, Reagan declared that he would improve the lives of all Americans by "making America great again," which became his campaign slogan. 

Reagan ran against incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election, alongside vice-presidential nominee George H.W. Bush. His campaign stressed lower taxes, states' rights and less governmental interference in people's lives. In the general election, Reagan was behind in most polls leading up to the sole televised debate with Carter, but the Reagan/Bush ticket was able to overcome the deficit. Reagan ended up carrying 44 states, and became the 40th President of the United States. 

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Ronald Reagan was an actor who became involved with politics in the 1960s. He was the Governor of California from 1966 to 1974. In 1968 and 1976 he ran unsuccessfully to become the Republican Party's nominee for President, but he easily secured the nomination in 1980. 

Reagan ran against incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election, alongside vice-presidential nominee George H.W. Bush. His campaign stressed lower taxes, states' rights and less governmental interference in people's lives. In the general election, Reagan was behind in most polls leading up to the sole televised debate with Carter, but the Reagan/Bush ticket was able to overcome the deficit. Reagan ended up carrying 44 states, and became the 40th President of the United States. 

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The 1992 Republican National Convention was held at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas from August 17 to August 20, 1992 and resulted in the nomination of President George H.W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle for re-election. This nomination was President Bush's fourth consecutive appearance as a candidate on a major party ticket during a presidential election, a status held only by Bush and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The convention was also notable for featuring former President Ronald Reagan's last major speech of his political career. Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease two years later. After 1992, major parties have avoided holding conventions at baseball and football stadiums, as this convention forced the Houston Astros to play 26 consecutive road games, and the Houston Oilers to play all preseason games on the road. 

The convention gave the Bush/Quayle ticket a boost in the polls, but the uptick was short-lived, and the Democratic Party's nominees, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and running mate Tennessee Senator Al Gore, defeated Bush and Quayle on Election Day. 

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Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. He also served as vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. During his time in office, Nixon ended the US involvement in the Vietnam War and ended the military draft in 1973. He also fostered diplomatic relations with China and the Soviet Union, including after the US space mission, Apollo 11, which ended the space race. 

To this day, Nixon is the only US president to resign from office. His resignation was instigated in the early 1970s by the Watergate scandal which covered a break-in to the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and the coverup afterwards by Nixon's administration. Nixon left office in August 1974 once it was clear that congress meant to impeach him from office. He died in 1994 after suffering from a stroke. 

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In 1972, incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon ran for re-election. He won in a record landslide against Democrat George McGovern, carrying 49 states and 520 electoral college votes compared to McGovern's 17 electoral college votes. Two years after his victory, Nixon resigned following the Watergate Scandal. To this day, Nixon remains the first and only president to resign from office. Nixon's Vice President Gerald Ford pardoned him from criminal charges once he became president.

Aside from Watergate, Nixon is known for laying the groundwork for environmental regulations, helping to advance women's rights with Title IX, ending the draft, and revolutionizing foreign policy (as seen in his relationship with China).

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In 1952, World War II veteran Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) ran for President of the United States on the Republican ticket. California congressman Richard Nixon was Eisenhower's Vice President nominee. In both 1952 and 1956, they won and had what is considered one of the best administrations of the 20th century.

Under Eisenhower, the interstate highway system was created, the quality of life for middle-class white Americans improved, and Alaska and Hawaii were added to the Union. Nixon devoted nearly his entire eight years to foreign policy affairs. His most famous event being an impromptu debate with Soviet Premiere Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow known as "The Kitchen Debate." 

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A former mayor of Minneapolis and a Minnesota Senator, Hubert Humphrey served as Vice President of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson, from 1964 to 1968. Johnson originally planned to run for re-election in 1968 and Humphrey was tasked with campaigning for him, but Johnson decided to drop out of the race after polls showed growing support for challengers Senator Eugene McCarthy from Minnesota and Senator Robert F. Kennedy from New York.  Humphrey announced his candidacy in April 1968 and positioned himself as the conservative Democrat versus Kennedy and McCarthy, already gaining momentum before Senator Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968. McCarthy was then seen as the peace candidate, while Humphrey was perceived as representing President Johnson's pro-war view on the conflict in Vietnam. 

Despite entering the race too late to compete in the primary elections, Humphrey won his party's nomination at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in August 1968. He selected Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine as his running mate. Humphrey and Muskie ran against the Republican Party's ticket of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew in the general election, but Humphrey was unable to separate himself from the Johnson administration, and was defeated by Nixon on Election Day. 

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A former mayor of Minneapolis and a Minnesota Senator, Hubert Humphrey served as Vice President of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson, from 1964 to 1968. Johnson originally planned to run for re-election in 1968 and Humphrey was tasked with campaigning for him, but Johnson decided to drop out of the race after polls showed growing support for challengers Senator Eugene McCarthy from Minnesota and Senator Robert F. Kennedy from New York.  Humphrey announced his candidacy in April 1968 and positioned himself as the conservative Democrat versus Kennedy and McCarthy, already gaining momentum before Senator Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968. McCarthy was then seen as the peace candidate, while Humphrey was perceived as representing President Johnson's pro-war view on the conflict in Vietnam. 

Despite entering the race too late to compete in the primary elections, Humphrey won his party's nomination at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in August 1968. He selected Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine as his running mate. Humphrey and Muskie ran against the Republican Party's ticket of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew in the general election, but Humphrey was unable to separate himself from the Johnson administration, and was defeated by Nixon on Election Day.