Thirty-seventh President of the United States, Richard Nixon, always enjoyed telling the American people what simple folk he and his wife, Pat, were in order to appeal to the middle-class voters. Fond of saying that Pat wore plain cloth coats instead of mink, it seems reality told a different story. His unassuming simple lifestyle narrative was cast aside when it came to the choice of his vacation White House. All presidents have had their special getaways, many were owned long before they became president. But it was after Nixon became president in 1969 that he instructed a campaign aide to find him a presidential retreat to be used as his Western White House along the California coast.