Retirement and death
Nixon retired with his wife to the seclusion of his estate in San Clemente, California. He wrote RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) and several books on international affairs and American foreign policy, modestly rehabilitating his public reputation and earning a role as an elder statesman and foreign-policy expert. Nixon spent his last years campaigning for American political support and financial aid for Russia and the other former Soviet republics. Nixon died of a massive stroke in New York City in April 1994, 10 months after his wife’s death from lung cancer. In ceremonies after his death, Pres. Bill Clinton and other dignitaries praised him for his diplomatic achievements. He was buried beside his wife at his birthplace.
Cabinet of President Nixon
The table provides a list of cabinet members in the administration of Pres. Richard Nixon.
| January 20, 1969–January 20, 1973 (Term 1) | |
|---|---|
| State | William Pierce Rogers |
| Treasury | David Matthew Kennedy |
| John Bowden Connally, Jr. (from February 11, 1971) | |
| George Pratt Shultz (from June 12, 1972) | |
| Defense | Melvin Robert Laird |
| Attorney General | John Newton Mitchell |
| Richard Gordon Kleindienst (from June 12, 1972) | |
| Interior | Walter Joseph Hickel |
| Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (from January 29, 1971) | |
| Agriculture | Clifford Morris Hardin |
| Earl Lauer Butz (from December 2, 1971) | |
| Commerce | Maurice Hubert Stans |
| Peter George Peterson (from February 21, 1972) | |
| Labor | George Pratt Shultz |
| James Day Hodgson (from July 2, 1970) | |
| Health, Education, and Welfare | Robert Hutchinson Finch |
| Elliot Lee Richardson (from June 24, 1970) | |
| Housing and Urban Development | George Wilcken Romney |
| Transportation | John Anthony Volpe |
| January 20, 1973–August 9, 1974 (Term 2) | |
| State | William Pierce Rogers |
| Henry A. Kissinger (from September 22, 1973) | |
| Treasury | George Pratt Shultz |
| William Edward Simon (from May 8, 1974) | |
| Defense | Elliot Lee Richardson |
| James Rodney Schlesinger (from July 2, 1973) | |
| Attorney General | Richard Gordon Kleindienst |
| Elliot Lee Richardson (from May 25, 1973) | |
| William Bart Saxbe (from January 4, 1974) | |
| Interior | Rogers Clark Ballard Morton |
| Agriculture | Earl Lauer Butz |
| Commerce | Frederick Baily Dent |
| Labor | Peter Joseph Brennan |
| Health, Education, and Welfare | Caspar Willard Weinberger |
| Housing and Urban Development | James Thomas Lynn |
| Transportation | Claude Stout Brinegar |