On June 27, 1973, the Senate Watergate Committee released the first White House Enemies List in two parts, a top 20 list for special attention and another list of about 200 "Political Opponents" organized in categories. Together, these two lists have become widely know as "Nixon's Enemies List" or "Nixon's First Enemies List" (The second "Enemies List," prepared in September 1972 would not be made public until December 1973).
Only the first 11 names here can be confidently called an Enemies List without quotes. Chief White House Counsel Charles Colson selected the names himself (with blue checkmarks) from a list of 20 (the "Original List") prepared by George Bell and dated June 24, 1971. (A twelfth checkmark was crossed out.) This corresponds to John Dean's request in his August 16, 1971 "Dealing with our Political Enemies" memo which sought "not more than ten" names as targets for concentration. This is the only list that can be said to have been conceived, compiled, and approved as an Enemies List. The other lists that were later published in newspaper articles are usually called "Enemies Lists" with quotation marks. They were part of the "Political Enemies Project" for consideration, but not necessarily inclusion in any official list. In fact, the Congressional investigation into Nixon's misuse of the IRS found no unusual audit activity for the names collected in the "Opponents List and Political Enemies Project."
Special Assistant George Bell, the original compiler, died in 1973 after a long illness and never testified about why he ever started the list.
The story of this first list broke on June 27, 1973 during Congressional Watergate testimony and was a major news story for several days.
List
Position | Name as originally listed | Original Comment |
|---|
| 1 | Arnold M. Picker | United Artists Corporation, 929 Seventh Avenue, New York, N.Y. |
| 2 | Alexander E. Barkan | national director of A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s Committee on Political Education, Washington, D.C. |
| 3 | Ed Guthman | managing editor, L.A. Times |
| 4 | Maxwell Dane | Doyle, Dane and Bernbach, New York |
| 5 | Charles Dyson | Dyson-Kissner Corporation, New York |
| 6 | Howard Stein | Dreyfus Corporation, New York |
| 7 | Allard Lowenstein | Long Island, New York |
| 8 | Morton Halperin | leading executive at Common Cause |
| 9 | Leonard Woodcock | UAW, Detroit, Michigan |
| 10 | S. Sterling Munro, Jr. | Senator Jackson's aide, 711 Lamberton Drive, Silver Spring, Md. |
| 11 | Bernard T. Feld | President, Council for a Livable World |
| 12 | Sidney Davidoff | New York City, Lindsay's top personal aide |
| 13 | John Conyers | Congressman, Detroit |
| 14 | Samuel M. Lambert | President, National Education Association |
| 15 | Stewart Rawlings Mott | Mott Associates, New York |
| 16 | Ron Dellums | Congressman, California |
| 17 | Daniel Schorr | Columbia Broadcasting System, Washington |
| 18 | S. Harrison Dogole | 2011 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 19 | Paul Newman | California |
| 20 | Mary McGrory | 2710 Macomb St., Washington columnist |
List
Position | Name as originally listed | Category |
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| 1 | Birch Bayh | Senators |
| 2 | J. W. Fulbright | Senators |
| 3 | Fred R. Harris | Senators |
| 4 | Harold Hughes | Senators |
| 5 | Edward M. Kennedy | Senators |
| 6 | George McGovern | Senators |
| 7 | Walter Mondale | Senators |
| 8 | Edmund Muskie | Senators |
| 9 | Gaylord Nelson | Senators |
| 10 | William Proxmire | Senators |
| 11 | Bella Abzug | Members of the House |
| 12 | William R. Anderson | Members of the House |
| 13 | John Brademas | Members of the House |
| 14 | Father Robert F. Drinan | Members of the House |
| 15 | Robert Kastenmeier | Members of the House |
| 16 | Wright Patman | Members of the House |
| 17 | Shirley Chisholm | Black congressmen |
| 18 | William Clay | Black congressmen |
| 19 | George Collins | Black congressmen |
| 20 | John Conyers | Black congressmen |
| 21 | Ronald Dellums | Black congressmen |
| 22 | Charles Diggs | Black congressmen |
| 23 | Augustus Hawkins | Black congressmen |
| 24 | Ralph Metcalf | Black congressmen |
| 25 | Robert N.C. Nix | Black congressmen |
| 26 | Parren Mitchell | Black congressmen |
| 27 | Charles Rangel | Black congressmen |
| 28 | Louis Stokes | Black congressmen |
| 29 | John V. Lindsay, Mayor, New York City | Miscellaneous politicos |
| 30 | Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator | Miscellaneous politicos |
| 31 | George Wallace, Governor, Alabama | Miscellaneous politicos |
| 32 | Black Panthers, Hughie Newton | Organizations |
| 33 | Brookings Institution, Lesley Gelb and others | Organizations |
| 34 | Business Executives Move for VN Peace--Henry Niles, Nat. Chmn, Vincent McGee, Exec. Director | Organizations |
| 35 | Committee for an Effective Congress, Russell D. Hemenway | Organizations |
| 36 | Common Cause, John Gardner, Morton Halperin, Charles Goodell, Walter Hickel | Organizations |
| 37 | COPE, Alexander E. Barkan | Organizations |
| 38 | Council for a Livable World, Bernard T. Feld, Prof. Physics, MIT | Organizations |
| 39 | Farmers Union, NFO | Organizations |
| 40 | Institute of Policy Study, Richard Barnet, Marcus Raskin | Organizations |
| 41 | National Economic Council, Inc. | Organizations |
| 42 | National Education Association, Sam M. Lambert, President | Organizations |
| 43 | National Student Association, Charles Palmer, President | Organizations |
| 44 | National Welfare Rights Organization, George Wiley | Organizations |
| 45 | Potomac Associates, William Watts | Organizations |
| 46 | SANE, Sanford Gottlieb | Organizations |
| 47 | Southern Christian Leadership, Ralph Abernathy | Organizations |
| 48 | Third National Convocation on the Challenge of Building Peace, Robert V. Roosa, Chairman | Organizations |
| 49 | Businessmen's Educational Fund | Organizations |
| 50 | Karl Feller, Pres. Internat. Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers, Cincinnati | Labor |
| 51 | Harold J. Gibbons, International Vice Pres., Teamsters | Labor |
| 52 | A. F. Grospiron, Pres., Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, Denver | Labor |
| 53 | Matthew Guinan, Pres., Transport Workers Union of America, New York City | Labor |
| 54 | Paul Jennings, Pres. International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, D. C. | Labor |
| 55 | Herman D. Kenin, Vice Pres., AFL-CIO, D. C. | Labor |
| 56 | Lane Kirkland, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO (but we must deal with him) | Labor |
| 57 | Frederick O'Neal, Pres., Actors and Artists of America, New York City | Labor |
| 58 | William Pollock, Pres., Textile Workers Union of America, New York City | Labor |
| 59 | Jacob Potofsky, General Pres., Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, New York City | Labor |
| 60 | Leonard Woodcock, President, United Auto Workers, Detroit | Labor |
| 61 | Jerry Wurf, International President, American Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees, Washington, D. C. | Labor |
| 62 | Nathaniel Goldfinger, AFL-CIO | Labor |
| 63 | I. W. Abel, Steelworkers | Labor |
| 64 | Jack Anderson, columnist, "Washington Merry-Go-Round" | Media |
| 65 | Jim Bishop, author, columnist, King Features Syndicate | Media |
| 66 | Thomas Braden, columnist, Los Angeles Times Syndicate | Media |
| 67 | D.J.R. Bruckner, Los Angeles Times Syndicate | Media |
| 68 | Marquis Childs, chief Washington correspondent, St. Louis Post Dispatch | Media |
| 69 | James Deakin, White House Correspondent, St. Louis Post Dispatch | Media |
| 70 | James Doyle, Washington Star | Media |
| 71 | Richard Dudman, St. Louis Post Dispatch | Media |
| 72 | William Eaton, Chicago Daily News | Media |
| 73 | Rowland Evans, Jr., syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall | Media |
| 74 | Saul Friedmann, Knight Newspapers, syndicated columnist | Media |
| 75 | Clayton Fritchey, syndicated columnist, Washington correspondent, Harpers | Media |
| 76 | George Frazier, Boston Globe | Media |
| 77 | Pete Hamill, New York Post | Media |
| 78 | Michael Harrington, author and journalist; Member, Executive Comm. Socialist party | Media |
| 79 | Sydney Harris, columnist, drama critic and writer of 'Strictly Personal,' syndicated Publishers Hall | Media |
| 80 | Robert Healy, Boston Globe | Media |
| 81 | William Hines, Jr., journalist; science and education, Chicago Sun Times | Media |
| 82 | Stanley Karnow, foreign correspondent, Washington Post | Media |
| 83 | Ted Knap, syndicated columnist, New York Daily News | Media |
| 84 | Edwin Knoll, Progressive | Media |
| 85 | Morton Kondracke, Chicago Sun Times | Media |
| 86 | Joseph Kraft, syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall | Media |
| 87 | James Laird, Philadelphia Inquirer | Media |
| 88 | Max Lerner, syndicated columnist, New York Post; author, lecturer, professor. | Media |
| 89 | Stanley Levey, Scripps Howard | Media |
| 90 | Flora Lewis, syndicated columnist on economics | Media |
| 91 | Stuart Loory, Los Angeles Times | Media |
| 92 | Mary McGrory, syndicated columnist on New Left | Media |
| 93 | Frank Mankiewicz, syndicated columnist, Los Angeles Times | Media |
| 94 | James Millstone, St. Louis Post Dispatch | Media |
| 95 | Martin Nolan, Boston Globe | Media |
| 96 | Ed Guthman, L.A. Times | Media |
| 97 | Thomas O'Neill, Baltimore Sun | Media |
| 98 | John Pierson, Wall Street Journal | Media |
| 99 | William Prochnau, Seattle Times | Media |
| 100 | James Reston, New York Times | Media |
| 101 | Carl Rowan, syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall | Media |
| 102 | Warren Unna, Washington Post, NET | Media |
| 103 | Harriet Van Horne, columnist, New York Post | Media |
| 104 | Milton Viorst, reporter, author, writer | Media |
| 105 | James Wechsler, New York Post | Media |
| 106 | Tom Wicker, New York Times | Media |
| 107 | Gary Wills, syndicated columnist, author of "Nixon-Agonistes." | Media |
| 108 | The New York Times | Media |
| 109 | Washington Post | Media |
| 110 | St. Louis Post Dispatch | Media |
| 111 | Jules Duscha, Washingtonian | Media |
| 112 | Robert Manning, Editor Atlantic | Media |
| 113 | John Osborne, New Republic | Media |
| 114 | Richard Rovere, New Yorker | Media |
| 115 | Robert Sherrill, Nation | Media |
| 116 | Paul Samuelson, Newsweek | Media |
| 117 | Julian Goodman, Chief Executive Officer, NBC | Media |
| 118 | John Macy, Jr., Pres., Public Broadcasting Corporation; former Civil Service Comm. | Media |
| 119 | Marvin Kalb, CBS | Media |
| 120 | Daniel Schorr, CBS | Media |
| 121 | Lem Tucker, NBC | Media |
| 122 | Sander Vanocur, NBC | Media |
| 123 | Carol Channing, actress. | Celebrities |
| 124 | Bill Cosby, actor. | Celebrities |
| 125 | Jane Fonda, actress. | Celebrities |
| 126 | Steve McQueen, actor. | Celebrities |
| 127 | Joe Namath, New York Giants; businessman; actor. | Celebrities |
| 128 | Paul Newman, actor. | Celebrities |
| 129 | Gregory Peck, actor. | Celebrities |
| 130 | Tony Randall, actor. | Celebrities |
| 131 | Barbra Streisand, actress. | Celebrities |
| 132 | Dick Gregory [comedian]. | Celebrities |
| 133 | Charles B. Beneson, President, Beneson Realty Co. | Businessmen |
| 134 | Nelson Bengston, President, Bengston & Co. | Businessmen |
| 135 | Holmes Brown, Vice President, Public Relations, Continental Can Co. | Businessmen |
| 136 | Benjamin Buttenweiser, Limited Partner, Kuhn Loeb & Co. | Businessmen |
| 137 | Lawrence G. Chait, Chairman, Lawrence G. Chait & Co., Inc | Businessmen |
| 138 | Ernest R. Chanes, President, Consolidated Water Conditioning Co. | Businessmen |
| 139 | Maxwell Dane, Chairman, Exec. Committee, Doyle, Dane & Bernbach, Inc. | Businessmen |
| 140 | Charles H. Dyson, Chairman, The Dyson-Kissner Corp. | Businessmen |
| 141 | Norman Eisner, President, Lincoln Graphic Arts. | Businessmen |
| 142 | Charles B. Finch, Vice President, Alleghany Power System, Inc. | Businessmen |
| 143 | Frank Heineman, President, Men's Wear International. | Businessmen |
| 144 | George Hillman, President, Ellery Products Manufacturing Co. | Businessmen |
| 145 | Bertram Lichtenstein, President, Delton Ltd. | Businessmen |
| 146 | William Manealoff, President, Concord Steel Corp. | Businessmen |
| 147 | Gerald McKee, President, McKee, Berger, Mansueto. | Businessmen |
| 148 | Paul Milstein, President, Circle Industries Corp. | Businessmen |
| 149 | Stewart R. Mott, Stewart R. Mott, Associates. | Businessmen |
| 150 | Lawrence S. Phillips, President, Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. | Businessmen |
| 151 | David Rose, Chairman, Rose Associates. | Businessmen |
| 152 | Julian Roth, Senior Partner, Emery Roth & Sons. | Businessmen |
| 153 | William Ruder, President, Ruder & Finn, Inc. | Businessmen |
| 154 | Si Scharer, President, Scharer Associates, Inc. | Businessmen |
| 155 | Alfred P. Slaner, President, Kayser-Roth Corp. | Businessmen |
| 156 | Roger Sonnabend, Chairman, Sonesta International Hotels. | Businessmen |
| 157 | Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities Cont: | Business Additions |
| 158 | Morton Sweig, President. National Cleaning Contractors | Business Additions |
| 159 | Alan V. Tishman, Exec. VP, Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc. | Business Additions |
| 160 | Ira D. Wallach, President, Gottesman & Co., Inc. | Business Additions |
| 161 | George Weissman, President, Philip Morris Corp. | Business Additions |
| 162 | Ralph Weller, President, Otis Elevator Company | Business Additions |
| 163 | Clifford Alexander, Jr., Member, Equal Opportunity Comm.; LBJ's Spec. Assistant. | Business Additions |
| 164 | Hugh Calkins, Cleveland lawyer, member, Harvard Corporation. | Business Additions |
| 165 | Ramsey Clark, partner, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; former Attorney General. | Business Additions |
| 166 | Lloyd Cutler, lawyer, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C. | Business Additions |
| 167 | Henry L. Kimelman, chief fund raiser for McGovern; Pres., Overview Group. | Business Additions |
| 168 | Raymond Lapin, former Pres., FNMA; corporation executive. | Business Additions |
| 169 | Hans F. Loeser, Chairman, Boston Lawyers' Vietnam Committee. | Business Additions |
| 170 | Robert McNamara, President, World Bank; former Secretary of Defense. | Business Additions |
| 171 | Hans Morgenthau, former US. Attorney in New York City | Business Additions |
| 172 | Victor Palmieri, lawyer, business consultant, real estate exec., Los Angeles. | Business Additions |
| 173 | Arnold Picker, Muskie's chief fund raiser; Chmn. Exec. Comm., United Artists. | Business Additions |
| 174 | Robert S. Pirie, Harold Hughes' chief fund raiser; Boston lawyer. | Business Additions |
| 175 | Joseph Rosenfield, Harold Hughes' money man; retired Des Moines lawyer. | Business Additions |
| 176 | Henry Rowen, Pres., Rand Corp., former Asst. Director of Budget (LBJ) | Business Additions |
| 177 | R. Sargent Shriver, Jr. | Business Additions |
| 178 | Theodore Sorensen, lawyer, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York. | Business Additions |
| 179 | Ray Stark, Broadway producer. | Business Additions |
| 180 | Howard Stein, President and Director, Dreyfus Corporation. | Business Additions |
| 181 | Milton Semer, Chairman, Muskie Election Committee; lawyer, Semer and Jacobsen. | Business Additions |
| 182 | George H. Talbot, Pres., Charlotte Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. ; headed anti-VN ad. | Business Additions |
| 183 | Arthur Taylor, Vice President, International Paper Company. | Business Additions |
| 184 | Jack Valenti, President, Motion Picture Association. | Business Additions |
| 185 | Paul Warnke, Muskie financial supporter, former Asst. Secy. of Defense. | Business Additions |
| 186 | Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Muskie financial supporter; Chmn., IBM. | Business Additions |
| 187 | Michael Ellis De Bakey, Chmn., Dept. Surgery, Baylor University; Surgeon-in-chief, Ben Taub General Hospital, Texas | Business Additions |
| 188 | Derek Curtis Bok, Dean, Harvard Law School. | Business Additions |
| 189 | Kingman Brewster, Jr., President, Yale University. | Business Additions |
| 190 | McGeorge Bundy, President, Ford Foundation. | Business Additions |
| 191 | Avram Noam Chomsky, Professor of Modern Languages, MIT. | Business Additions |
| 192 | Daniel Ellsberg, Professor, MIT. | Business Additions |
| 193 | George Drennen Fischer, Member, Executive Committee. National Education Assn. | Business Additions |
| 194 | J. Kenneth Galbraith, Professor of Economics, Harvard. | Business Additions |
| 195 | Patricia Harris, educator, lawyer, former U.S. ambassador; Chmn Welfare Committee Urban League. | Business Additions |
| 196 | Walter Heller, Regents Professor of Economics. | Business Additions |
| 197 | Edwin Land, Professor of Physics, MIT. | Business Additions |
| 198 | Herbert Ley, Jr., former FDA Commissioner; Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard. | Business Additions |
| 199 | Matthew Stanley Meselson, Professor of Biology, Harvard. | Business Additions |
| 200 | Lloyd N. Morrisett, Professor and Associate Dir., Education Program, U. of Calif. | Business Additions |
| 201 | Joseph Rhodes, Jr., Fellow, Harvard; Member, Scranton Comm. on Campus Unrest. | Business Additions |
| 202 | Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist; Dir., A. Philip Randolph Institute, New York. | Business Additions |
| 203 | David Selden, President, American Federation of Teachers. | Business Additions |
| 204 | Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Professor of Humanities, City University of New York. | Business Additions |
| 205 | Jeremy Stone, Director, Federation of American Scientists. | Business Additions |
| 206 | Jerome Wiesner, President, MIT. | Business Additions |
| 207 | Samuel M. Lambert, Pres., National Education Assn. | Business Additions |
