The theory of political business cycles is focused on the possibility for manipulating of the macroeconomic variables — gross domestic product output, unemployment level, and inflation in order to obtain political advantages in the process of future elections in a democratic society. The periodicity of elections results in cyclical movements at the national economy. The impacts on the economy are carried out through the monetary policy pursued by the Central Bank. The Central Bank is independent from the government in its operational activities. However, de-facto the Central Bank’s top management has a lot of connections with the government, paving the later with hidden from voter channels for monetary policy manipulating in the government’s political interests. The active manipulation of the American economy by the president Richard Nixon in 1972 in his own political goals had drawn William Nordhaus attention and had formed the basis for creation by him the theory of political business cycles. The present paper devoted to analysis of the Nordhaus research (1975) motives in the context of American political and macroeconomic situation during the Richard Nixon’s presidency. Data on the monetary policy manipulation pursued by the US Federal Reserve System during the elections of 1972 and their macroeconomic consequences are considered. The personal and professional relationship of Arthur F. Burns and Richard Nixon are analyzed separately.