On March 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon announced the engagement of his eldest daughter Tricia to Edward Cox, a New Yorker who had previously worked for consumer advocate Ralph Nader. The wedding was held on June 12 outside the White House. Guests included Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, and Nader. The weather was rainy that day, so President Nixon kept an open line to Andrews Air Force Base in order to learn when there would be a break in the squalls. Andrews successfully predicted a pause in the rain and the garden service was a splendid success. Twenty-five-year-old Tricia wore a silk organdy gown with a plunging neckline designed by Priscilla Kidder of Boston. The wedding rites were given under a rose-covered gazebo in the Rose Garden. The reception was in the East Room of the White House. The only guest to complain was Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the aged daughter of former president Theodore Roosevelt. She said her chair in the Rose...