#37 Richard Nixon

1969--1974

--Richard Nixon was the only president to resign the office of the presidency, as well as the only person to be elected twice to both the presidency and the vice presidency.

--An avid bowler, Nixon had a one-lane bowling alley installed in the White House basement (underneath the driveway leading to the North Portico).

--After an attempted break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate hotel in Washington DC and the administrations attempts to cover up its involvement, the revelation of a secret taping system in the White House eventually led to a tug-of-war between Nixon and Congress over the release of those tapes. After a partial transcript was made public that indicated Nixon was indeed aware of the White House's ties to the attempted Watergate burglary and had approved plans to cover it up, Nixon chose to resign from office rather than face impeachment and forced removal from the office of the presidency.

--Nixon met Elvis Presley at the White House in 1970, and gave him a pearl-handled revolver that was supposedly able to kill ghosts.