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Richard Nixon visits Nashville during campaign, 1952 September 27
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Title
Richard
Nixon
visits
Nashville
during
campaign
,
1952
September
27
Personal name
Nixon
,
Richard
M
.
(Richard
Milhous)
,
1913-1994
;
Nixon
,
Pat
,
1912-1993
Topical entry
Vice-Presidential candidates
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
Vice-presidential
candidate
Richard
Nixon
and
wife
Patricia
visited
Nashville
during
his
campaign
rally
and
public
address
at
Memorial
Square
in
downtown
Nashville
on
September
27
,
1952
.
Nixon
was
Dwight
D
.
Eisenhower’s
running
mate
, as the
vice-presidential
candidate
.
Only
a
few
days
before
his
arrival
in
Nashville
,
Nixon
had
appeared
on
television
to
publicly
deny
improper
use
of
funds
in the
famous
“Checkers”
speech
televised
on
September
23rd
. The
Republican
Eisenhower-Nixon
ticket
defeated
the
Democratic
ticket
of
Adlai
Stevenson
II
and
John
Sparkman
.
Nixon
became
vice-president
on
January
20
,
1953
. The
election
was the
first
since
1928
in
which
the
Republican
presidential
nominee
was
elected
in a
decisive
victory
,
taking
over
55%
of the
popular
vote
and
winning
39
of the
48
states
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1952-09-27
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 667 Nixon visit 1952 Sept 27 012
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412
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