Happy 50th Anniversary, Richard Nixon's Inauguration

Richard Nixon was sworn in as president on January 20, 1969. Nixon later became the first — and so far the only — president to resign from office. Nixon defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey on November 5, 1968, garnering 43.4% of the vote and 301 electoral votes to Humphrey's 42.7% and 191 electoral votes. George Wallace, a proponent of segregation, got 13.5% of the vote and 46 electoral votes.