Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

Richard Nixon was an American lawyer and politician who became the thirty-seventh President of the United States of America. Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon received a B.A. in history from Whittier College and went on to receive a J.D. from Duke University Law School in 1937. After several years of practicing law in La Habra, California, Nixon moved to Washington, D.C. to serve in the Office of Price Administration and later joined the United States Navy. After the war, Nixon sought to hold public office and ran successfully as California's 12th district congressman in 1947. In 1950, he was elected as a Senator of California. In 1952, Nixon was solicited to be running mate for Dwight Eisenhower, which was successful and was inaugurated on January 20, 1953. Nixon ran for the President of the United States in 1960, but was unsuccessful. Subsequently, in 1968, Nixon ran once again and was elected in a landslide victory. In the presidential election of 1972, Nixon held all but eighteen electoral votes in the country. Later in his second term, Nixon resigned amidst accusations of illegal surveillence of political opponents and sponsoring break-ins of the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Richard Milhous Nixon passed away on April 22, 1994 at the age of 81.

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The White House. Richard M. Nixon. Last modified 2006. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/richard-m-nixon/.