The President's Man
Dwight Chapin talked about his years with Richard Nixon. He worked on Mr. Nixon’s 1962 California campaign for governor …
“I knew Richard Nixon well.” At age 81, Dwight Chapin has decided, for the first time, to write about his years in politics and the Nixon Wh… read more
“I knew Richard Nixon well.” At age 81, Dwight Chapin has decided, for the first time, to write about his years in politics and the Nixon White House. His book is called The President’s Man: The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide. In the first chapter he writes: “I started working for him as an organizational field man during his 1962 California gubernatorial campaign...I became an advance man at the beginning of the 1966 off-year election cycle and then his personal aide in 1967. In the White House, as his appointments secretary, I had the office next to his.” Unfortunately for Chapin, as he explains later, his time working for Richard Nixon didn’t end well. close