Vice President Bush Meets with President Nixon

In this photograph, taken on April 15, 1988, Vice President George H. W. Bush meets with former President Richard M. Nixon at the vice president's residence at the United States Naval Observatory. Nixon served as vice president to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-1961. Though he lost to John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential election, Nixon later successfully ran for president in 1968 and 1972. In 1988, Vice President Bush ran his own presidential election campaign against Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis.