PRESIDENT RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON
37th President of the United States
(January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974)Nickname: None listed.
Born: January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California
Died: April 22, 1994, in New York, New YorkFather: Francis Anthony Nixon
Mother: Hannah Milhous Nixon
Married: Thelma "Patricia" Catherine Ryan (1912-1993), on June 21, 1940
Children: Patricia Nixon (1946- ); Julie Nixon (1948- )Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)
Education: Graduated from Whittier College (1934) and Duke University Law School (1937)
Occupation: Lawyer, public official
Political Party: Republican
Other Government Positions:
- Attorney for U.S. Office of Emergency Management, 1942
- Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-51
- United States Senator, 1951-53
- Vice President, 1953-61 (under Eisenhower)
Presidential Salary: $200,000/year + $50,000 expense account
- Nixon is the only U.S. President who resigned from office.
- He once worked at a game booth at the Slippery Gulch Rodeo.
- Richard Nixon: seventh cousin twice removed of William Taft, eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover.
- In the Navy during World War II, Nixon's bunkmates taught him to play poker. He became such as dedicated player that he once turned down a chance to have dinner with Charles Lindbergh when it conflicted with a game. He also won a great deal of money and used his winnings partially to finance his first congressional campaign.
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