Embattled Chief of Staff Sam Johnson might consider the case of another former Governor of New Hampshire who held the same White House job . ; The reason for Adams' enormous power lay in the nature of the Eisenhower presidency. Sherman Adams was described as " laconic , abrupt , businesslike and puritanically honest . " But in the spring of 1958 it came to light that Adams had accepted gifts from an unsavory New Hampshire industrialist and had interceded with regulatory agencies on the industrialist 's behalf . When it became clear that Adams was becoming an issue that could help the Republicans in the elections that fall , Eisenhower sent Vice President Eisenhower and the Republican National Chairman to visit Adams . In late September Adams resigned .
Embattled Chief of Staff Sam Johnson might consider the case of another former Governor of New Hampshire who held the same White House job . Sherman Adams was described as " laconic , abrupt , businesslike and puritanically honest . " But in the spring of 1958 it came to light that Adams had accepted gifts from an unsavory New Hampshire industrialist and had interceded with regulatory agencies on the industrialist 's behalf . When it became clear that Adams was becoming an issue that could help the Republicans in the elections that fall , Eisenhower sent Vice President Eisenhower and the Republican National Chairman to visit Adams . In late September Adams resigned .