Editing Richard Nixon (section)

== Wilderness years ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0724-0015-001, Berlin, Besuch Richard Nixon.jpg|thumb|Nixon shows his papers to an [[East Germany|East German]] officer as he crosses between the sectors of divided [[Berlin]] in July 1963]]
In 1963 the Nixon family traveled to Europe, where Nixon gave press conferences and met with leaders of the countries he visited.{{sfn|Black|p=446}} The family moved to New York City, where Nixon became a [[Partner lawyer|senior partner]] in the leading law firm [[Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon|Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander]].{{sfn|Nixon Library, Vice President}} When announcing his California campaign, Nixon had pledged not to run for president in 1964; even if he had not, he believed it would be difficult to defeat Kennedy, or after [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|his assassination]], Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson.{{sfn|Aitken|pp=297, 321}}

In 1964, Nixon won write-in votes [[1964 Republican Party presidential primaries|in the primaries]], and was considered a serious contender by both Gallup polls<ref>{{cite news |last=Gallup |first=George |date=April 5, 1964 |title=42% of GOP Rank and File on Lodge Bandwagon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-42-of-gop-rank-and-fil/156807833/ |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |pages=32 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gallup |first=George |date=January 3, 1964 |title=Johnson Leads Nixon, 3 To 1 In Latest Presidential Poll |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-johnson-leads/156807869/ |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |pages=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-date=December 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225072712/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser-johnson-leads/156807869/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and members of the press.<ref>{{cite news|date=March 12, 1964|title=Goldwater Looks to California and Oregon Primaries as Crucial to His Chances...|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/12/archives/goldwater-looks-to-california-and-oregon-primaries-as-crucial-to.html|access-date=August 15, 2021|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815124031/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/12/archives/goldwater-looks-to-california-and-oregon-primaries-as-crucial-to.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was even placed on a primary ballot as an active candidate by Oregon's secretary of state.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 16, 1964|title=ROCKEFELLER WINS OREGON PRIMARY, UPSETTING LODGE...|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/16/archives/rockefeller-wins-oregon-primary-upsetting-lodge-envoys-campaign.html|access-date=August 12, 2021|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815124033/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/16/archives/rockefeller-wins-oregon-primary-upsetting-lodge-envoys-campaign.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As late as two months before the [[1964 Republican National Convention]], however, Nixon fulfilled his promise to remain out of the presidential nomination process and instead endorsed Arizona senator [[Barry Goldwater]], the eventual Republican nominee. When Goldwater won the nomination, Nixon was selected to introduce him at the convention. Nixon felt that Goldwater was unlikely to win, but campaigned for him loyally. In the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 general election]], Goldwater lost in a landslide to Johnson and Republicans experienced heavy losses in Congress and among state governors.{{sfn|Aitken|pp=321–322}}

Nixon was one of the few leading Republicans not blamed for the disastrous results, and he sought to build on that in the [[1966 United States elections|1966 congressional elections]] in which he campaigned for many Republicans and sought to regain seats lost in the Johnson landslide. Nixon was credited with helping Republicans win major electoral gains that year.{{sfn|Aitken|pp=323–326}}

In 1967, Nixon was approached by an associate at his firm in [[Leonard Garment]] about a case involving the press and perceived invasion of privacy. Garment suggested Nixon to argue on behalf of the Hill family in ''[[Time, Inc. v. Hill]]'' at the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. Nixon studied strenuously in the months prior to the oral argument before the Court. While the final decision was in favor of Time Inc., Nixon was encouraged by the praise he received for his argument. It was the first and only case he argued in front of the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 6, 1988|title=Cover-Up and Privacy in Nixon vs. ABC|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/06/opinion/l-cover-up-and-privacy-in-nixon-vs-abc-081489.html|access-date=August 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barbas |first=Samantha |date=2017 |title=Richard Nixon at the Supreme Court |url=https://www.oah.org/process/richard-nixon-supreme-court/ |access-date=September 23, 2024 |website=Process |publisher=[[Organization of American Historians]] |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616014921/https://www.oah.org/process/richard-nixon-supreme-court/ |url-status=live }}</ref>