Richard M. Nixon - HISTORY

Find out why Nixon described himself as an introvert in an extrovert's job, and how his personality type may have affected his presidency.

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Richard Nixon accepted the Republican Party's nomination for president (for the second time) on August 8, 1968, in Miami, Florida. Nixon narrowly beat out fellow Republican and then-California Governor Ronald Reagan, delivering a speech that reflected his desire to "bring us together again" and reunite the country in divisive times.

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