Former Presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon both used the mahogany desk. Today, it is on display in the Vice President's Room in the U.S. Capitol. Editor's note: This story has been updated to ...

Richard M. Nixon lost the election of 1960 to John F. Kennedy by a small margin of 112,000 popular votes. When Nixon ran again in 1968, he cast himself as representing a “Great Silent Majority,” a ...