# Presidential Portraits; aka "Is Nixon's in the White House?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278 "2018-02-06T01:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278/1 "2018-02-06T01:51:32Z")
I’m watching Antiques Roadshows and reading the news at the same time. Something reminded me that _every_ President typically gets an oil poitrait done of them just at the conclusion of their term(s). Did Nixon get one, knowing that he left under “less than honorable” conditions? Would Trump if he were to leave under the same conditions? With 45 Presidents now, where are all these things hung? Tripler That and I’d seen _that_ episode of the Sopranos this week–Tony finds his ‘horse portrait’. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278/2 "2018-02-06T02:11:49Z")
Nixon certainly has an [official portrait.](https://www.nixonfoundation.org/artifact/official-presidential-portrait/) It was[hung in the White House in 1981.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/11/21/the-nixon-portraits/44348e3e-e264-4677-9726-6610d4412ada/?utm_term=.15ddf263f119) ---
**Author:** ![thatbpguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@thatbpguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatbpguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278/3 "2018-02-06T02:31:12Z")
As he should. He resigned before an impeachment. So, technically, it leaves him in good standing. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278/4 "2018-02-06T04:00:12Z")
I stand corrected on both counts. Tripler Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278/5 "2018-02-06T04:15:42Z")
I believe that if they don’t stay at the White or end up in the Smithsonian the presidential libraries would take them. I also suspect that these things get rotated around by the request of the whoever is occupying the White House at a given time. [Here’s a link to the Wiki on Presidential Portraits.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States) ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278/6 "2018-02-06T17:52:28Z")
All the Presidents, Nixon included, are in the National Portrait Gallery: [https://americaspresidents.si.edu/gallery](https://americaspresidents.si.edu/gallery) although Nixon’s is rather smaller than the others, and not as good artistically, imho. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-portraits-aka-is-nixons-in-the-white-house/808278/7 "2018-02-06T21:40:04Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > although Nixon’s is rather smaller than the others, and not as good artistically, imho. Are you referring to his portrait or his term in office?