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Richard Schultz Schweiker (June 1, 1926, Norristown, Pennsylvania – July 31, 2015), Republican.
Richard S. Schweiker represented Pennsylvania's 13th District in the U.S. House (1961–1969) and the state at large in the U.S. Senate (1969–1981), then served as the 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Reagan (1981–1983). He began as one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress and grew more conservative after Reagan named him his running mate ahead of the 1976 Republican convention, an alliance told in The Schweiker Stratagem.
As Secretary, he spent much of his two years defending the department's budget against the administration's own proposed cuts while carrying out many of them, and his name went on the 1981 Social Security proposal the Senate repudiated, 96 to 0. The more lasting record is quieter: the plan that became Medicare's prospective payment system for hospitals, the Medicaid waiver that let Katie Beckett be cared for at home and became a national option for disabled children, and the first federal tamper-resistant packaging rules after the Tylenol murders. The full account is Two Years at HHS; the regulations he signed and the lawsuits brought against the department have their own pages, HHS Regulations and HHS Litigation.
Early life and the war
He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 1926, to Malcolm Alderfer Schweiker and Blanche Schultz Schweiker, in a Pennsylvania Dutch family whose forebears had come to the colony as Schwenkfelders in the eighteenth century. He was valedictorian of his class at Norristown High School and enlisted in the Navy in 1944, serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa until 1946 and leaving as an electronics technician, second class.
A brother was killed in the fighting on Okinawa. Schweiker later traced his interest in public life to that loss, which he said taught him "that we are affected by things outside our own sphere." When he first ran for Congress he gave his "main reason" for entering politics as the desire "to work in the field of international relations and world peace," and in 1957 he and Claire named their first son for his father and for the brother he had lost.
Business and the road to Congress
After the Navy he was admitted to Penn State, which had no room on its main campus for first-year students in 1946, so he began his studies as a Penn State student at Shippensburg State Teachers College.1 At Penn State he joined the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, and he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1950 with a degree in psychology. He went to work in the family's tile business in Lansdale, starting in the personnel department; by September 1952 a Pottstown paper called him the "electronic production manager" of the American Encaustic Tiling Company, the family firm's manufacturing company, and by 1960 he was president of the American-Olean Tile Company and vice president in charge of sales of the National Building Materials Company, both in Lansdale.2 He founded the Montgomery County Young Republicans in 1952 and was an alternate delegate to the 1952 and 1956 Republican conventions. Back from the 1952 convention, he told 150 Pottstown foremen that politicians needed training as much as doctors and lawyers: "we elect politicians without training at random." He stepped aside for the party's candidate in a 1957 congressional race, and in 1960 beat the same man, Rep. John Lafore, in the primary on his way to the House.
He announced that campaign on January 11, 1960, and took a leave of absence from both companies the same day. Running against the county Republican organization, he worked 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. He campaigned in three ways. On the street he stopped anyone he met: "Hi, I'm Dick Schweiker, your candidate for Congress. I'm running independent and need all the help I can get. I hope you vote for me." In voters' living rooms he held coffee gatherings, more than 115 by mid-April, where he figured he had met 5,000 to 6,000 people; "the hostess is actually speaking for you," he said. And he spoke to service clubs and veterans' groups, then started meeting factory shifts, greeting close to 1,000 men at the Standard Pressed Steel plant in Jenkintown at 7 one morning. When the incumbent's side invited House Republican Leader Charles Halleck to speak at the county rally, moved to the night Schweiker and Lafore were both to appear in Upper Merion, his backers "burned up the telephone lines to Washington" and Halleck withdrew rather than take sides. He liked the Bulletin's account of all this well enough to have it reprinted as campaign literature. Not every paper agreed with it. On April 21 the Main Line Times of Ardmore scoffed in its political column, "On The Line," at the Bulletin's suggestion that he might win: "Lafore is going to win the election by more than a comfortable margin. With just about every Republican organization in the county except that of Schweiker's home Lansdale backing Lafore, any other outcome would necessitate a miracle. And miracles are rather hard to come by. . .even for fledgling candidates and naive newspapermen."5 The primary cost $24,414, more than half of it for advertising, and most of the money came from his family.4 After winning the seat in November he resigned from both companies. In 1964 he won a third term by about 43,000 votes even though President Johnson carried the district by about 33,000, and in 1966 he took 72.5 percent of the vote. The family had sold the business to the National Gypsum Company in August 1958, in an exchange of about $14 million in National Gypsum stock, and stayed on to run it as National Gypsum's tile division. By his own account in 1980, he "resigned all positions with American Olean Company when he entered Congress in 1961."3
- Several published biographies say he spent two years at Slippery Rock State College before transferring to Penn State. The claim appears in Robert Sobel's Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774–1989 (1990), and Wikipedia repeats it from there. It is wrong on three counts. First, he was a Penn State student from the start. When the GI Bill brought a flood of veterans in 1946, Penn State lacked housing and ruled that "no freshmen (men or women) were to be admitted to the main campus in 1946-47." It sent its first-year students to thirteen cooperating state teachers colleges and other centers instead, and guaranteed them a place on the main campus as sophomores (Michael Bezilla, Penn State: An Illustrated History, 1985, "Challenges of the Post-War Era"). His eldest daughter, Lani Shelton, a genealogist, says he spent that first year at Shippensburg. Second, the school was Shippensburg, not Slippery Rock. Both were state teachers colleges at the time, and that is the likely source of the error: a record that he began at a state teachers college before Penn State seems to have been read as an enrollment at a separate school, followed by a transfer, and the college was misnamed. That explanation is an inference; we have not found Sobel's source. Third, the timing rules out two years elsewhere. He served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946 and graduated from Penn State in 1950. His own biography in the Congressional Directory, which members of Congress supply themselves, lists only Penn State (B.A., 1950) in both the 1969 and 1979 editions. ↩
- His titles follow the Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin's report during the 1960 primary (April 17, 1960, p. 12), the earliest account found. National Gypsum's own 1960 history shows how the titles were divided in the family. His father, Malcolm A. Schweiker, was president of the American-Olean Ceramic Tile Division and of American Encaustic Tiling Company, the manufacturing company. Richard is listed as the division's "Vice President—Sales" and, separately, as president of American-Olean Tile Company, Inc., the division's sales company, although the book's organization chart puts his father's name in that box (Dean Richmond, Design for Growth: The Story of National Gypsum Company, 1960, pp. 114–118, 124). No other source found uses the name National Building Materials Company. The New York Times profile after his 1968 Senate victory (Nov. 6, 1968) called him vice president of both companies, and in April 1960 the Associated Press called him "a Lansdale sales executive." When he took either title is not known; in September 1952 he was still a production manager (Pottstown Mercury, Sept. 20, 1952, p. 12). The start in the personnel department is from Current Biography (1977): he "immediately joined the family business as an assistant in the personnel department and, within a few years, advanced to the post of vice-president in charge of sales." ↩
- The statement came in March 1980, after a Philadelphia labor coalition accused him of a conflict of interest for cosponsoring an OSHA bill, S. 2153, two months after the agency cited American Olean's Lansdale plant for lead and noise exposures. He called the accusation "absolutely false and a disgusting slur." The Daily Collegian, which drew on a New York Times report, said American Olean had been controlled by the family and sold to National Gypsum, and that he and his family then owned at least $330,000 of National Gypsum stock (The Daily Collegian, March 21, 1980, p. 1). The episode is told in The Senate Years. ↩
- From the expense account his campaign filed with the county board of elections ("Schweiker Spent $24,414 to Get GOP Nomination," Pottstown Mercury, May 27, 1960, p. 8). In the last week of the primary he also accused Lafore of falsely claiming Vice President Nixon's support; he said Nixon's legislative aide, Charles McWhorter, had written him that Nixon stayed out of all Republican primaries (Associated Press, Gettysburg Times, April 21, 1960). ↩
- "On The Line," The Main Line Times (Ardmore, Pa.), April 21, 1960, from a clipping in the family's scrapbook. The "wrap-up story that appeared Sunday" it mocks is the Bulletin's April 17 article. ↩
Faith
He was raised in the Central Schwenkfelder Church in Worcester, one of the country's smallest Protestant bodies, which grew out of the Reformation's struggle for liberty of conscience; by the family's account the Schweikers helped pay for its 1951 building, and he is buried in its Garden of Memories. The concern for conscience ran through his public life, from a sixteen-year effort to exempt the Amish from Social Security to a 1979 law protecting medical students on both sides of the abortion question. That story is told in Faith and Conscience.
After Washington
He left the Cabinet in February 1983 to become president of the American Council of Life Insurance, which he led until 1994, and served on the board of National Medical Enterprises, a hospital company. Claire, his wife of 57 years, died in 2013. He died on July 31, 2015, at 89, survived by their five children and their grandchildren.
Claire Schweiker
His wife, Claire Joan Coleman Schweiker, was a Philadelphia native and the valedictorian of her high school class. She was the original "Miss Claire" on Romper Room, the pioneering children's program, hosting the Philadelphia edition on WFIL's Channel 6 from 1954 to 1956 (photograph); she and Richard married in 1955, six months after they met. Raised, like her husband, in what she called a "strictly Pennsylvania Dutch family that stressed values and service," she would later say the two of them "see our primary purpose in life as serving God."
A 1953 radio and television broadcasting graduate of Temple University — later the first recipient of the school's Alumni in the Media award and a member of its hall of fame — she moved to Washington after her husband's election to the House in 1960. She gave speeches on public service, health, and faith into the early 1990s, served as vice chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Ball, and was a former president of the District's Republican Wives Club, alongside memberships in the International Club of Washington, the Senate Wives Club, and the Senate Ladies Red Cross Unit. In September 1981, The Washington Dossier put the couple on its cover for a profile titled "For a Healthy America."
Claire Schweiker died April 28, 2013, at age 81 — survived by her husband of 57 years, their five children, a sister, and 23 grandchildren.
Legacy: How His Story Gets Retold
His 1976 selection remains the standard historical reference point whenever a presidential candidate considers naming a running mate before securing the nomination. This is a representative sample of that recurring coverage, not an exhaustive news archive.
Contemporary coverage calling Reagan's move "one of the most astonishing and bizarre turnabouts in a campaign full of surprises" after it failed to swing the nomination.
Read it →When Ted Cruz named Carly Fiorina his running mate before the 2016 nomination was decided, outlets across the board cited the Reagan-Schweiker gambit as the direct historical precedent — and the cautionary tale, since it failed both times.
Read it →A Trump-era retrospective using the 1976 episode as the history lesson for modern speculation about unconventional running-mate strategy.
Read it →Authored Works
Three works he wrote or contributed to, drawn from Wikipedia's own bibliography for him.
An early, detailed case for shifting the United States to an all-volunteer military, later used as a blueprint for the actual transition.
Written the same year as the Church Committee's review of the original Kennedy assassination investigation.
A chapter-length statement of his health-policy views, published the year before he became HHS Secretary.
Sources
- Richard Schweiker — Wikipedia
- Congress.gov member record (S000159)
- U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives
- Miller Center — Richard Schweiker (1981–1983)
- GovTrack.us member profile
- Social Security Administration — History
- American Olean — "The AO Story" (Franklin Tile Company founding and history)
- Washington Post, Aug. 3 2015 — "Richard Schweiker, former congressman, senator and Reagan Cabinet secretary, dies at 89" (Emily Langer)
- Washington Post, May 21 2013 — "Claire J. Schweiker, 'Romper Room' hostess, wife of U.S. politician" (Megan McDonough)
- The Washington Dossier, September 1981 — "For a Healthy America" (cover) and "Looking After the Nation's Welfare: Richard and Claire Schweiker" (Don Oldenburg)
- Evening Star (Washington), Jan. 2, 1961, p. B-24 — Congressional Quarterly profile of new members
- The Dallas Post, Dec. 5, 1963, p. 16 — "Bill To Exempt Amish From Social Security"
- Lancaster Farming, Aug. 13, 1977, p. 93 — on his Amish Social Security bills, 1961–1977
- Social Security Amendments of 1965, Public Law 89-97, sec. 319 (79 Stat. 286)
- The Daily Collegian, May 13, 1974 — his letter urging President Nixon to resign
- The Daily Collegian (Penn State), March 21, 1980, p. 1 — OSHA bill conflict-of-interest accusation and his reply
- John Maass, "Moral Minority," American Heritage, Aug./Sept. 1981 (Central Schwenkfelder Church)
- Horst Weigelt, Migration and Faith: The Migrations of the Schwenkfelders from Germany to America (2017)
- Schwenkfelder Exile Society — Garden of Memories, Central Schwenkfelder Church, Worcester (cemetery listing)
- Family recollection: worship at a Lutheran church in the Washington area; his burial
- Family history: the Schweikers' support for the Central Schwenkfelder Church's 1951 building
- Michael Bezilla, Penn State: An Illustrated History (1985), "Challenges of the Post-War Era" — Penn State University Libraries
- Edward J. Tyburski, "Montgomery Congress Race Grows Hot," The Sunday Bulletin (Philadelphia), April 17, 1960, p. 12 — campaign reprint in the family's scrapbook
- The New York Times, Nov. 6, 1968 — profile of Senator-elect Schweiker
- Dean Richmond, Design for Growth: The Story of National Gypsum Company (Buffalo: National Gypsum Co., 1960), pp. 72 ff. and 114–124 — Internet Archive
- "Training for All in Politics," Pottstown Mercury, Sept. 20, 1952, p. 12 — Internet Archive
- "Schweiker Spent $24,414 to Get GOP Nomination," Pottstown Mercury, May 27, 1960, p. 8 — Internet Archive
- "Nixon Not Siding In Primary Races" (AP), Gettysburg Times, April 21, 1960 — Internet Archive
- "On The Line," The Main Line Times (Ardmore, Pa.), April 21, 1960 — clipping in the family's scrapbook
- Current Biography Yearbook 1977 — entry on Richard S. Schweiker (his start in the family business)
Home Life & Career
Timeline
His life and career year by year, from Norristown and the Navy through Congress, the 1976 campaign, HHS and after.
Sources are listed at the end of the timeline.
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Home Life & Career
Deep Dives
Long-form, sourced narratives on the chapters of his career that need more than a timeline entry.
Sources and notes follow each piece.
Home Life & Career
Connections
The presidents, senators and other public figures whose careers crossed his, and what the record shows they did together.
Sources: Congress.gov, Voteview.com (UCLA), and this archive's news collection.
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Home In Congress
His Career in Charts
How often he voted with his party, where he sat between the parties, the subjects on which he broke with Republicans, and how much he spoke on the floor, Congress by Congress. See Votes for every roll call.
Sources: Voteview.com (UCLA) roll calls and Nokken–Poole scores; the Congressional Record; this archive’s key-votes list.
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In His Own Voice
Recordings from the National Archives and presidential libraries in which he speaks or is discussed, with transcripts and a note on who may use each one. For footage held elsewhere, see Video.
Sources: National Archives Catalog; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library; Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
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Topics
Everything on the site about one subject, from bills and floor speeches to archive folders.
Congress.gov policy areas and Penn State's folder categories.
Legislation, floor-record mentions, and archive folders grouped by subject, drawn from Congress.gov's own policy-area tags and the archive's folder categories rather than a separately curated list. Select a topic to view everything on this site connected to it.
Home In Congress
Legislation
The bills he sponsored and cosponsored in the House and Senate, 1961–1980. The story behind the best-known of them is told in The Senate Years and Faith and Conscience.
Sources: Congress.gov (Library of Congress) for 1973–1980; the Congressional Record's History of Bills for 1961–1972; the Statutes at Large for which bills became law.
Congress.gov's bill database begins in 1973. His House bills (1961–1968) and his first Senate term (1969–1972) are read instead from the History of Bills and Resolutions printed in each year's bound Congressional Record; those entries have no committee or related-bill data, and their titles come from scanned pages. Bills that became law carry the law's number, checked against the Statutes at Large. Select any bill to view its details.
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Home At HHS
HHS Regulations
The Federal Register documents he signed or approved as Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1981–1983. For what they added up to, see Two Years at HHS.
Source: the Library of Congress's scans of the Federal Register.
Every Federal Register Document Bearing His Signature
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HHS Litigation
Published court opinions captioned with his name, as every case against the department was while he was Secretary. The disability-review cases are discussed in Two Years at HHS.
Source: the Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library.
Published Court Opinions Naming Him as a Party
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Voting Record
Every recorded roll-call vote he cast: House 1961–1969, Senate 1969–1981. The votes that mark his career are discussed in The Senate Years; how often he voted with particular colleagues is on Connections. About 190 landmark votes carry a short plain-language summary; choose “Key votes” to see only those.
Source: Voteview.com (UCLA).
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Speeches & Floor Record
Each day's proceedings in the bound Congressional Record that mention him, 1961–1983: his own floor statements, bills and remarks, and others' references to him. Each entry is a whole day of the Senate or House, not a single speech. A short summary says what his part in the day was; the summaries were written by AI from the scanned Record, so check the original before citing one. Days on which he appears only in roll-call tallies are hidden unless you choose them.
Source: GovInfo.gov's digitized Congressional Record.
Full Floor Record
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Home For Researchers
Presidential Library Files
White House files from the presidential libraries that name him. From the Ford Library: staff memos on Reagan's choice of him as a running mate in 1976, briefing papers, vote counts, press briefings, schedules and photo logs. From the Carter Library: White House vote counts and memos as the administration courted him on the Panama Canal treaties, and the President's Daily Diary. From the Reagan Library: his years as Secretary of Health and Human Services, including Cabinet briefing papers, senior staff notes, Social Security and Medicaid decisions, and correspondence from pro-life and other groups. From the Nixon Library: the President's daily news summaries tracking his split with Nixon over Watergate and his May 1974 call for resignation, White House vote counts on the ABM, the Haynsworth and Carswell nominations and the draft, campaign and transition files from 1960 to 1972, and 25 Oval Office and telephone tape conversations in which he comes up. Reagan White House videos show his farewell reception and the announcement of his successor. Smaller sets come from the Johnson Library (his 1967 Vietnam de-escalation proposal with other House Republicans), the George H. W. Bush Library (his 1990 lobbying of the White House for the life insurance industry, and Bush's own 1970s files) and the Clinton Library (his work for prevention and the insurance industry during the 1993 health reform debate). A separate set comes from the National Archives' John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection: top-secret Church Committee transcripts of his 1975 questioning of CIA witnesses, including Sidney Gottlieb of the MKUltra program; his correspondence with the Archivist about Warren Commission records; the bill he introduced four days after the assassination to protect the President; and the review board's later search for the files of his and Gary Hart's subcommittee. Records of federal agencies fill in the rest: Army and Navy index cards logging his House inquiries for constituents, among them a run of complaints about the Philadelphia Naval Hospital in the 1960s; the House assassinations committee's clippings and index entries on his inquiry; Park Service files on the Pennsylvania park bills he sponsored; and recordings and photographs from his years at HHS. The short summaries were written by AI from the scanned pages, so open the PDF before citing one.
Sources: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, digitized collections (full-text search); National Archives Catalog (full-text search of digitized presidential library and federal agency records).
Found with full-text searches that read the scanned pages: the Ford Library's own site search, and the National Archives Catalog for the other libraries (and for Ford folders the first search missed). Federal agency records are the catalog's hits outside the presidential libraries that concern him: congressional-inquiry index cards, agency correspondence folders, photographs and broadcast recordings. Nixon White House tape conversations and Reagan White House videos are summarized from the National Archives' own description of each recording; the recordings themselves were not transcribed. Documents that discuss him have a short AI summary; choose "Every document" to add the rest, which mostly list his name in guest lists, vote tallies or distribution lists. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library: 1 that discuss him, 1 in all; Lyndon Baines Johnson Library: 7 that discuss him, 7 in all; Richard Nixon Library: 258 that discuss him, 270 in all; Gerald R. Ford Library: 264 that discuss him, 563 in all; Jimmy Carter Library: 66 that discuss him, 72 in all; Ronald Reagan Library: 177 that discuss him, 392 in all; George Bush Library: 36 that discuss him, 98 in all; William J. Clinton Library: 30 that discuss him, 97 in all; National Archives: JFK Assassination Records: 54 that discuss him, 54 in all; National Archives: federal agency records: 80 that discuss him, 80 in all.
| Date | Folder |
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| 1963 |
[1963] Riave, Maj. Lionel F., USAF -- Symposium
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery history card, September 26, 1963: Representative Schweiker forwards a constituent's letter warning that conditions at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital are fire hazards. AI summary Open the PDF (777 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 227, 777 |
| 1964 |
[1964] Plans, Navy -- Secret Service
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card filed under his name, October 1964: he writes on behalf of a Navy lieutenant commander seeking financial help in caring for his son, who had an intellectual disability. AI summary Open the PDF (660 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 620, 660 |
| 1964 |
[1964] Secretary of Defense -- University of Kansas
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, April 1964: Schweiker forwards a constituent's thanks for the care his son received at the Portsmouth, Virginia, Naval Hospital. AI summary Open the PDF (688 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 100, 688 |
| 1964 |
Folder, "[Section 3 - North Vietnam: All Activity] 3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 ‑ 68, 1 of 3," Vietnam Country File, NSF, Box 77
Johnson Library · National Security Files
Johnson Library National Security File on the Gulf of Tonkin, 1964–68, holding Congressional Record pages from August 1964. Schweiker appears in the House roll call on the resolution and in extensions of remarks granted at his request. AI summary Open the PDF (130 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 107, 120, 130 |
| 1964-10 |
[Operations of Billie Sol Estes, Report Prepared by the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, October 1964]
Johnson Library · Pre-Presidential Confidential Files
The House Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee's October 1964 report on Billie Sol Estes, sent to President Johnson; the subcommittee letterhead lists Schweiker as a member. AI summary Open the PDF (469 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 350, 469 |
| 1965 |
[1965] Halliburton, Jack H. -- Kern, Dr. Richard A.
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, August 1965: Schweiker's inquiry to the Bureau of Naval Personnel on behalf of a Navy Medical Corps officer whose resignation had not been accepted. AI summary Open the PDF (953 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 407, 953 |
| 1965 |
1965-66: (16) HR866 - Unidentified Flying Objects (1)
Ford Library · Edward Hutchinson Papers
Rep. Edward Hutchinson's file on the 1966 House Armed Services Committee UFO hearing, with Schweiker's questions about whether the Air Force files were unclassified. AI summary Open the PDF (126 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 15, 22, 56, 57 |
| 1966 |
[1966] Marshall, HMCM H.M. USN -- Naval Operations, Chief of (CNO)
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, February 1966: Schweiker forwards a constituent's letter about how Navy hospitals decide on proper use of taxpayer-funded services. AI summary Open the PDF (982 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 127, 454, 982 |
| 1966 |
[1966] San Francisco, California Bay Naval Shipyard -- Toler, Evie Susan
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card filed under his name, December 1966: his inquiry on behalf of a constituent applying to the Naval Academy for 1967. AI summary Open the PDF (1041 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 82, 1041 |
| 1966 |
UFOs
Ford Library · Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers
Gerald Ford's congressional file on UFOs, including the April 1966 House Armed Services Committee hearing on unidentified flying objects, where committee member Schweiker asked whether all the Air Force files were unclassified. AI summary Open the PDF (215 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 4, 11, 45, 46, 64 |
| 1966 |
Walt Rostow - Memos to the President, vol. 14: Oct. 1‑31, 1966
Johnson Library · National Security Files
Walt Rostow's October 1966 memos to President Johnson, noting that Congressmen Schweiker and Moorhead held a news conference on 'the unresponsive and negative attitude of the State Department' toward their proposal. AI summary Open the PDF (375 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 288, 375 |
| 1967 |
[1967] San Diego Area -- Supergrade
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, January 1967: his December 1966 Naval Academy inquiry is referred to the Permanent Board of Medical Examiners. AI summary Open the PDF (846 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 126, 846 |
| 1968 |
[1968] Academic Institutions -- Chemical and Biological
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, January 1968: Schweiker's inquiry on behalf of a sailor who complained of poor medical treatment at the base hospital in Albany, Georgia. AI summary Open the PDF (875 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 144, 875 |
| 1968 |
[1968] Chemicals -- Federal Assistance for Local Governments
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, January 1968: the Defense Department asks the Navy to supply Schweiker with information on the use of computers in patient care at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital and Valley Forge Army Hospital. AI summary Open the PDF (869 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 227, 869 |
| 1968 |
[1968] Naval Ophthalmic Support Activity, Williamsburg, Virginia -- Purity Standards
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history cards, spring 1968: correspondence forwarded through Schweiker about the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, including a constituent couple's complaints about its condition. AI summary Open the PDF (857 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 609, 610, 857 |
| 1968 |
[1968] Purple Heart Foundation -- Technical Escort
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history cards, 1968: a May 1968 Defense Department request for the services' policies on resignations and retirements of career Medical Corps officers, "prompted by an inquiry from Rep. Schweiker of the House Armed Services Committee," and other inquiries from him. AI summary Open the PDF (898 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 207, 235, 427, 436, 470, 898 |
| 1968-10 |
Press Releases - October 1968
Reagan Library · Ronald Reagan's Governor's Papers of the Press Unit
Governor Reagan's press releases for October 1968. His schedule for October 25 has him flying to Reading, Pennsylvania, for a fund-raising luncheon for Richard Nixon, "Congressman Richard Schweiker, candidate for U.S. Senate," and congressional candidate Peter Yonavick. AI summary Open the PDF → Catalog record |
| 1968-12-07 |
Transition Office: Public Correspondence: 12/07/1968 - 12/12/1968)
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon transition public correspondence from December 1968, including an analysis noting that Schweiker and Mathias unseated Democratic senators in states Nixon lost. AI summary Open the PDF (51 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF page 32 |
| 1969 |
[1969] Director of Defense Research -- Management Conference
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, March 1969: Schweiker writes on behalf of a Navy surgeon who wanted to create a fellowship in hand surgery at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital. AI summary Open the PDF (960 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 226, 450, 960 |
| 1969 |
[1969] Orthotics & Prosthetics -- âThe New Physicianâ
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history cards for the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, 1969: Senator Schweiker writes on behalf of constituents about patient care and conditions there (March and May 1969), part of a run of his inquiries about the hospital. AI summary Open the PDF (940 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 163, 164, 165, 642, 644, 940 |
| 1969 |
007 April 16-30 1969
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for April 16–30, 1969. On April 18 Senators Scott and Schweiker and Philadelphia Police Athletic League officers greet the President at the Rose Garden steps before he meets 125 students and eight policemen. AI summary Open the PDF (135 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 27, 45, 135 |
| 1969 |
008 May 1-15 1969
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for May 1–15, 1969. Schweiker, Hugh Scott and Schweiker's aide Jack Conmy are listed as attendees at the swearing-in of William H. Brown III as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. AI summary Open the PDF (127 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 53, 127 |
| 1969 |
011 June 16-30 1969
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for June 16–30, 1969. The President met from 5:05 to 6:35 one evening with Senators Mathias, Percy, Pearson, Schweiker and Cook and congressional-relations aide Bryce Harlow. AI summary Open the PDF (98 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF page 98 |
| 1969 |
016 October 1-31 1969
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for October 1969. On one afternoon the President met from 5:11 to 6:38 with Senators Allott, Cook, Percy, Prouty, Stevens, Boggs and Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (167 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 17, 118, 167 |
| 1969 |
020 December 16-31 1969
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for December 16–31, 1969. Schweiker is among the Republican senators cleared for a December 16 breakfast with the President in the Residence. AI summary Open the PDF (88 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 4, 88 |
| 1969 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 1: Game Plans #1 [2 of 6]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Alexander Butterfield's 1969 ABM game plans, with a Senate head count listing Schweiker as opposed. AI summary Open the PDF (40 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 1: Game Plans #1 [4 of 6]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Alexander Butterfield's 1969 ABM game plans, listing Pennsylvania newspaper editors to contact about Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (28 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 1: Game Plans #1 [5 of 6]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A 1969 game plan from Alexander Butterfield's files listing Schweiker among eight 'negative' Senate targets for the administration's lobbying. AI summary Open the PDF (42 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 2: APB Chron – WH Jan, Feb & Mar '69 [10 of 13]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A 1969 Butterfield memo listing senators the President wanted game plans for, including Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (58 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 2: APB Chron – WH Jan, Feb & Mar '69 [6 of 13]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Alexander Butterfield's chronological file for early 1969, with an ABM Senate head count listing Schweiker as opposed. AI summary Open the PDF (41 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 2: APB Chron – WH Jan, Feb & Mar '69 [8 of 13]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A May 1969 Butterfield memo asking for the names of major contributors to the 1968 campaigns of eight senators, including Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (57 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 4: Butterfield – Chron Oct 1969 [9 of 10]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
An October 1969 media monitoring report noting Schweiker's comment on CBS that he had faced 'much pressure' from White House aides on the Haynsworth nomination. AI summary Open the PDF (51 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
December 9-16, 1969
Nixon Library · National Security Files
Henry Kissinger's telephone transcripts for December 1969, discussing a briefing breakfast for Republican senators including Brooke, Saxbe and Schweiker on Soviet strategic forces and SALT. AI summary Open the PDF (78 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 69, 78 |
| 1969 |
Electoral Reform - Hearings - Statements - Schweiker, Richard S.
Federal agency records · Records of the U.S. Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee papers holding Schweiker's statement at the March 1969 hearings on electoral college reform. Not digitized. AI summary Catalog record (not digitized) → |
| 1969 |
EX JL 1 Amnesties-Clemency-Pardon 1969-4/1971 [1 of 5]
Nixon Library · White House Subject Files
White House amnesty and clemency file (1969–71), with a February 1971 letter to John Dean on Armed Services Committee letterhead listing Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (225 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969 |
President's Handwriting, December 1 thru 15, 1969 [2 of 5]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A December 1969 White House report on Senate support for Ambassador Lodge's Vietnam peace effort, noting that Schweiker, Percy, Case, Saxbe and Brooke signed a separate letter backing the President. AI summary Open the PDF (59 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 16, 17, 21, 55, 59 |
| 1969 |
President's Handwriting, December 1 thru 15, 1969 [4 of 5]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
December 1969 papers for the President with a Senate head count that includes Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (50 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 30, 50 |
| 1969-04 |
Annotated News Summaries, 1969-1973: News Summaries - April 1969
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's annotated news summaries for April 1969, quoting Schweiker that Senator Kennedy had a built-in lead for the 1972 presidential race. AI summary Open the PDF (62 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 44, 62 |
| 1969-04-27 |
Memoranda for the President--Beginning April 27, 1969
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Notes from an April 1969 meeting with the President on the ABM vote, assigning Senator Scott and Senator Dirksen to keep working on Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (63 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 21, 63 |
| 1969-05-31 |
GEN CO 28 Canada Beginning-5/31/1969
Nixon Library · White House Subject Files
White House subject file on Canada (early 1969), including a letter on Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee letterhead that lists Schweiker as a member. AI summary Open the PDF (138 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 96, 138 |
| 1969-06 |
1969 Outbound From APB Part 3: Butterfield – Chron June 1969 [7 of 8]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A June 1969 Butterfield memo relaying the President's ABM instructions: 'Let's not waste any more time with Saxbe, Schweiker, et al.' AI summary Open the PDF (87 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969-06 |
President's Handwriting, June 1969 [2 of 6]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
June 1969 White House reports on ABM votes in the Armed Services Committee, counting Schweiker as opposed but among those who might accept compromise language. AI summary Open the PDF (49 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 10, 12, 49 |
| 1969-07 |
President's Handwriting, July 1969 [4 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
July 1969 White House memos on the ABM Safeguard vote, noting no change in Schweiker's position, a plan to have General R. K. Mellon call him, and his possible support for a McIntyre compromise. AI summary Open the PDF (49 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 24, 26, 31, 49 |
| 1969-07-14 |
[GEN] FG 6-13 National Goals Research Staff [7/14/69-11/30/70] [1 of 2]
Nixon Library · White House Subject Files
White House file on the National Goals Research Staff (1969–70), including a letter on Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee letterhead that lists Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (59 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1969-08 |
Annotated News Summaries, 1969-1973: News Summaries - August 1969
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's annotated news summaries for August 1969, with a congressional relations note on the ABM vote: 'SCHWEIKER: No change. Still working on him.' AI summary Open the PDF (71 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 69, 71 |
| 1969-09 |
President's Handwriting, September 1969 [2 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
September 1969 materials for the President, including a magazine feature on Republican Senate newcomers with a photo of Schweiker at home with Kyle and Dick Jr., two of his four children. AI summary Open the PDF (73 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 30, 73 |
| 1969-10 |
Annotated News Summaries, 1969-1973: News Summaries - October 1969
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's annotated news summaries for October 1969, reporting Schweiker's announcement that he would vote against the Haynsworth Supreme Court nomination despite strong White House pressure, while saying he saw 'no signs of vindictive action.' AI summary Open the PDF (50 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 27, 50 |
| 1969-12-31 |
GEN ND 8-6 Pay-Allowances-Pensions 9/1/1969-12/31/1969
Nixon Library · White House Subject Files
White House correspondence on military pay and pensions (late 1969), including a September 1969 letter to the President on Armed Services Committee letterhead listing Schweiker as a member. AI summary Open the PDF (158 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 6, 158 |
| 1970 |
[1970] Per Patient -- Zumwalt, E. R., Vice Admiral USN
Federal agency records · Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Bureau of Medicine history card, October 1970: at Senator Schweiker's request the General Accounting Office studied the discharge of Navy and Marine recruits for physical defects that existed before they entered the service. AI summary Open the PDF (985 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 50, 985 |
| 1970 |
027 May 1-15 1970
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for May 1–15, 1970. Schweiker appears on a list of Senate Armed Services Committee members for a White House meeting. AI summary Open the PDF (87 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 21, 87 |
| 1970 |
1970 Outbound From APB Part 4: Butterfield Chron Nov – Dec. 1970 [6 of 8]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Alexander Butterfield's chronological file for late 1970, listing Senator Schweiker among members of Congress attending an award ceremony in the State Dining Room. AI summary Open the PDF (70 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1970 |
Administrative File--Status of memoranda for the President's file (as of Dec. 31, 1970) [2 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A log of the President's 1969 meetings, listing Schweiker in groups of Republican senators who met Nixon on June 30 and October 6. AI summary Open the PDF (72 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 23, 46, 72 |
| 1970 |
GEN JL 1 Amnesties-Clemency-Pardon 3/1970-4/1970 [3 of 14]
Nixon Library · White House Subject Files
White House amnesty and clemency correspondence (March 1970), including a letter to Bryce Harlow on Armed Services Committee letterhead, which lists Schweiker, enclosing a memorandum on Rudolf Hess from his son. AI summary Open the PDF (147 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1970 |
Guns & Ammunition [Sept. 1970-July, 1969] [2 of 2]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Geoffrey Shepard's gun and ammunition file (1969–70), with a letter on Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee letterhead listing Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (158 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1970 |
Invitations Declined [1970-72] [1 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Herbert Stein's declined invitations (1970–72), with a sponsor list that includes Senator Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (158 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 10, 158 |
| 1970 |
President's Handwriting, March 16 thru 31, 1970 [1 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A March 1970 congressional relations memo to the President counting votes on the Carswell Supreme Court nomination, listing Schweiker among six undecided senators. AI summary Open the PDF (30 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 24, 30 |
| 1970-02 |
News Summaries - February 1970 [1 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's news summaries for February 1970 (spelled 'Schweicker'), reporting that the Carswell nomination made Schweiker, Brooke and Goodell uncomfortable. AI summary Open the PDF (56 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 43, 56 |
| 1970-03 |
News Summaries - March 1970 [2 of 2]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's news summaries for March 1970 (spelled 'Schweicker'), reporting that Aiken, Prouty and Schweiker were said to be backing away from earlier support for the Carswell nomination. AI summary Open the PDF (40 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 5, 40 |
| 1970-04 |
1970 Outbound From APB Part 3: Butterfield Chron March – April 1970 [2 of 16]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Alexander Butterfield's chronological file for spring 1970, with a guest list naming Senator Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (58 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1970-04-05 |
Memoranda for the President--Beginning April 5, 1970
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Notes from an April 1970 meeting where Senator Dole proposed having Arlen Specter of Philadelphia call Schweiker about the Carswell nomination; the President spoke well of Specter. AI summary Open the PDF (20 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 8, 20 |
| 1970-06 |
President's Handwriting, June 1970 [3 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
June 1970 papers for the President relaying an antiwar group's assessment that Schweiker 'may not take active leadership role but his vote can be counted.' AI summary Open the PDF (80 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 26, 80 |
| 1970-08-02 |
Memoranda for the President--Beginning August 2, 1970 [3 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
An August 1970 memo for the President with a signed Senate letter whose signers include Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (41 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 7, 41 |
| 1970-09 |
News Summaries - September 1970
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's news summaries for September 1970 quoting Schweiker that the killing of a Toledo policeman was part of 'an unmistakable national trend.' AI summary Open the PDF (64 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 41, 64 |
| 1970-09 |
President's Handwriting, September 1970 [2 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A September 1970 memo to the President on the Senate, saying holdouts such as Mathias and Schweiker 'should continue to get the cold shoulder from us.' AI summary Open the PDF (62 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 24, 62 |
| 1970-10 |
President's Handwriting, October 1970 [1 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
October 1970 vote tallies on the political broadcasting bill sent to the President, showing Schweiker voting for passage and for the conference report. AI summary Open the PDF (73 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 28, 31, 73 |
| 1970-11-15 |
Memoranda for the President--Beginning November 15, 1970 [2 of 2]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A November 1970 memo to the President on the Senate committee lineup after the elections, listing Schweiker on Armed Services, Labor and Public Welfare, and the new Veterans' Affairs Committee. AI summary Open the PDF (65 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 35, 37, 38, 65 |
| 1971 |
044 January 16-31 1971
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for January 16–31, 1971. Schweiker is among the six senators at a January 29 breakfast with Senate and House Republicans. AI summary Open the PDF (77 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 66, 77 |
| 1971 |
066 December 16-31 1971
Nixon Library · Records of the Office of Presidential Papers
Nixon's Daily Diary for December 16–31, 1971. Schweiker's attendance is confirmed for the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971. AI summary Open the PDF (97 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 51, 97 |
| 1971 |
1971 Outbound From APB Part 1: Butterfield Chron Jan 1971 [1 of 11]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Alexander Butterfield's chronological file for January 1971, listing Senator Schweiker among members of Congress attending an award ceremony in the State Dining Room. AI summary Open the PDF (87 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1971 |
News Summaries - November 1-15, 1971 [2 of 5]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's news summaries for November 1971 noting the film of Senators Scott and Schweiker riding elephants on Pennsylvania Avenue to pay off a World Series bet with Senators Mathias and Beall. AI summary Open the PDF (51 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 14, 46, 51 |
| 1971 |
News Summaries - November 1-15, 1971 [5 of 5]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's news summaries for November 1971 quoting Schweiker's prediction that only a skeleton force would remain in Vietnam by spring, and noting he and Case were the only Republicans to vote for a higher personal tax exemption. AI summary Open the PDF (68 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 10, 20, 68 |
| 1971 |
News Summaries - October 21-30, 1971 [2 of 5]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Nixon's news summaries for October 1971 on the Supreme Court nominations, noting Schweiker had thought Judge Arlin Adams was '97% certain' to be chosen. AI summary Open the PDF (66 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 33, 66 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, April 16 thru 30, 1971 [3 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
April 1971 congressional relations reports on the draft extension, noting that Schweiker was one of three Armed Services Committee members to vote against the two-year extension, with Senate head counts. AI summary Open the PDF (35 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 22, 26, 27, 35 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, December 16 thru 31, 1971 [2 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Briefing papers for a December 1971 White House event, with Schweiker on the congressional invitation list alongside Senators Dominick, Kennedy and Williams. AI summary Open the PDF (52 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 20, 52 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, July 1 thru 15, 1971 [1 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
July 1971 congressional relations reports on the ABM Safeguard vote, counting Schweiker as a 'nay' in the Armed Services Committee, with a Senate head count. AI summary Open the PDF (58 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 14, 16, 58 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, July 16 thru 31, 1971 [2 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
July 1971 papers for the President on appointments, noting that Senators Scott and Schweiker (spelled 'Schweicker') backed former Governor Raymond Shafer for the Court of Military Appeals but were not pushing hard. AI summary Open the PDF (54 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 9, 54 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, March 1 thru 15, 1971 [3 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
March 1971 papers for the President with a list of senators that includes Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (26 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 22, 26 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, March 16 thru 31, 1971 [3 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A March 1971 Senate head count on the SST, listing Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (50 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 13, 50 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, May 1 thru 10, 1971 [1 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
May 1971 legislative status reports to the President, listing Schweiker among the sponsors of the administration's education revenue-sharing bill. AI summary Open the PDF (41 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 32, 41 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, May 1 thru 10, 1971 [2 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
May 1971 papers for the President with a Labor and Public Welfare Committee head count on the Kennedy cancer bill, listing Schweiker as favoring a separate cancer authority. AI summary Open the PDF (47 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 46, 47 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, May 11 thru 21, 1971 [4 of 4]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A May 1971 Senate schedule sent to the President, listing a June 4 vote on Schweiker's amendment to limit the draft extension to one year. AI summary Open the PDF (53 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 51, 53 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, May 22 thru 31, 1971 [2 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
A May 1971 Senate schedule for the President, setting a June 4 vote on Schweiker's amendment for a one-year draft extension. AI summary Open the PDF (45 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 34, 45 |
| 1971 |
President's Handwriting, November 16 thru 30, 1971 [2 of 3]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Talking points for a November 1971 presidential call thanking Senator Scott for helping turn wavering Republicans, including Schweiker, on a Senate vote. AI summary Open the PDF (65 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 46, 65 |
| 1971 |
The Presidential Advance Manual, 1971
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
The 1971 Presidential Advance Manual, with a Pennsylvania section noting Schweiker's 1968 election with 51.9 percent over Joseph Clark. AI summary Open the PDF (395 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1971-01-01 |
EX RE 2 Baseball-Softball 1/1/1971
Nixon Library · White House Subject Files
White House baseball file (1971) on the World Series bet payoff, with Scott and Schweiker riding an elephant on the Senate steps. AI summary Open the PDF (375 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1971-04-01 |
EX TN 4 Railroads 4/1/1971-7/29/1971
Nixon Library · White House Subject Files
White House railroad file (1971), with a list of senators supporting a rail bill that includes Schweiker. AI summary Open the PDF (150 pages) → Catalog record |
| 1971-04-09 |
Tape 476, Conversation 007 (476-007)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
An April 1971 Oval Office meeting between Nixon, Haldeman and Ziegler on the President's Southeast Asia speech and the Taylor family. NARA's log lists Schweiker and a ceremony among the topics. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-04-11 |
Memoranda for the President--Beginning April 11, 1971 [2 of 2]
Nixon Library · White House Staff Member and Office Files
Notes of an April 1971 meeting with the President on the draft extension, recording general agreement that 'probably nothing could be done' to bring Schweiker into line and that he was circulating a letter for a one-year extension. AI summary Open the PDF (51 pages) → Catalog record named on PDF pages 22, 51 |
| 1971-04-14 |
Tape 479, Conversation 002 (479-002)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
An April 1971 Oval Office meeting between Nixon and Senators Stennis and Margaret Chase Smith on the Armed Services Committee and the draft. NARA's log lists Schweiker among the members discussed. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-04-18 |
Tape 001, Conversation 153 (001-153)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
An April 1971 phone call between Nixon and Charles Colson. NARA's log lists Schweiker among the Republican 'doves' discussed, with Brooke, Percy, Javits, Case and Mathias. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-04-19 |
Tape 482, Conversation 016 (482-016)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
An April 1971 Oval Office conversation between Nixon and Haldeman on conservatives, liberals and national defense. NARA's log lists Case, Schweiker and Mathias among the topics. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-04-19 |
Tape 482, Conversation 022 (482-022)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
An April 1971 Oval Office meeting with Senator John McClellan. NARA's log lists Schweiker under 'Senate Republicans' and 'lack of support for President'. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-04-22 |
Tape 002, Conversation 030 (002-030)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
An April 1971 conversation, partly transcribed under court order. NARA's log lists Senate Republicans Mathias and Schweiker among the topics. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-05-18 |
Tape 500, Conversation 025 (500-025)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
A May 1971 Oval Office conversation on the Mansfield and Mathias amendments. NARA's log lists Mathias, Percy and Schweiker among the senators discussed. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-05-20 |
Tape 502, Conversation 011 (502-011)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
A May 1971 conversation planning an evening reception for the SALT delegation. NARA's log lists Schweiker among the guests discussed. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-05-26 |
Tape 253, Conversation 013 (253-013)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
A May 1971 conversation between Nixon and John Ehrlichman about the shooting of police officers in New York. NARA's log lists Schweiker among the topics. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-05-26 |
Tape 505, Conversation 013 (505-013)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
A May 1971 Nixon conversation on the killings of police officers and the White House response. NARA's log lists Schweiker and 'Schweiker's bill' among the topics. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-05-28 |
Tape 003, Conversation 169 (003-169)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
A May 1971 phone call between Nixon and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover on the killings of police officers. NARA's log lists the 'Schweiker bill' to make such killings a federal crime and the administration's position on it. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-06-04 |
Tape 512, Conversation 018 (512-018)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
A June 1971 Nixon conversation on Pennsylvania politics and Arlen Specter. NARA's log lists Schweiker among the topics. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
| 1971-07-26 |
Tape 546, Conversation 002 (546-002)
Nixon Library · White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration
A July 1971 meeting between Nixon and Peter Peterson on the economy and trade. NARA's log lists Senators Scott and Schweiker among the topics. AI summary Listen to the recording → Catalog record |
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Committee Hearings
Hearings in which he testified, questioned witnesses or was named, 1963–1981, with what he said and the page where it starts. The short summaries were written by AI from the transcripts, so check the original before citing one.
Sources: GovInfo.gov's Congressional Hearings collection, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Newspaper coverage that names him, 1952–1995. For the events behind the headlines, start with the Timeline.
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Public-domain photographs, and a guide to the photograph collection in his papers.
Sources: the U.S. Senate, the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and Penn State.
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Footage of him from C-SPAN, the Reagan Library and documentaries about the Church Committee.
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Archive Finder
A searchable guide to the boxes and folders of his papers at Penn State.
Source: Penn State's finding aid for the Richard S. Schweiker papers.
This site covers what is digitized and publicly searchable. For personal correspondence, internal drafts, press statements, and other material not represented elsewhere here, the primary source is the physical collection below. Search a topic to identify the box and folder that hold it, so a research visit can begin with a precise list rather than an open-ended search.
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