Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
However, evaluations of him have proven complex, with his successes as president contrasted against the circumstances of his departure from office. == Early life and education == Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California, in a house built by his father, located on his family's lemon ranch.
The Nixon family ranch failed in 1922, and the family moved to Whittier, California.
Richard's younger brother Arthur died in 1925 at the age of seven after a short illness.
Converse with them." Nixon said he tried to use a conversational tone as much as possible. At the start of his junior year in September 1928, Richard's parents permitted him to transfer to Whittier High School.
His parents believed that attending Whittier High School had caused Richard's older brother, Harold, to live a dissolute lifestyle before he fell ill of tuberculosis (he died of it in 1933), so they sent Richard to the larger Fullerton Union High School.
In 1933, he became engaged to Ola Florence Welch, daughter of the Whittier police chief.
They broke up in 1935. After graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in [from Whittier in 1934, Nixon received a full scholarship to attend
They broke up in 1935. After graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in [from Whittier in 1934, Nixon received a full scholarship to attend
He graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 and returned to California to practice law.
He and his wife Pat moved to Washington in 1942 to work for the federal government.
He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
In 1950, he was elected to the Senate.
Eisenhower, the Republican Party's presidential nominee in the 1952 election, subsequently serving for eight years as the vice president.
A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California.
He unsuccessfully ran for president in 1960, narrowly losing to John F.
A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California.
Nixon then lost a race for governor of California to Pat Brown in 1962.
In 1968, he ran for the presidency again and was elected, defeating Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace in a close election. Nixon ended American involvement in Vietnam in 1973, ending the military draft that same year.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
Nixon's visit to China in 1972 eventually led to diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he gained the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union the same year.
He was re-elected in one of the largest electoral landslides in American history in 1972 when he defeated George McGovern. In his second term, Nixon ordered an airlift to resupply Israeli losses in the Yom Kippur War, a war which led to the oil crisis at home.
In 1968, he ran for the presidency again and was elected, defeating Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace in a close election. Nixon ended American involvement in Vietnam in 1973, ending the military draft that same year.
By late 1973, Watergate escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
On August 9, 1974, facing almost certain impeachment and removal from office, he became the first American president to resign.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.
He suffered a debilitating stroke on April 18, 1994, and died four days later at age 81.
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