RICHARD NIXON 1913 1994 THIRTY SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NIXON RICHARD 1913 1994 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE VIETNAM WAR U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS RICHARD NIXON WAS BORN IN YORBA LINDA CALIFORNIA AFTER STUDYING AT WHITTIER COLLEGE AND DUKE UNIVERSITY HE BECAME A LAWYER AND PRACTICED LAW IN CALIFORNIA FROM 1937 TO 1942 DURING WORLD WAR II HE JOINED THE NAVY AND SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN 1946 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE HE GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON UN AMERICAN ACTIVITIES HE WAS ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 1950 AND THEN SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER AS A REPUBLICAN HE MADE A BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY AGAINST DEMOCRAT JOHN F KENNEDY IN 1960 AND FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP OF CALIFORNIA IN 1962 IN 1968 HOWEVER HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT DURING HIS TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT HE ACHIEVED A CEASE FIRE IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND OPENED TALKS WITH COMMUNIST CHINA SOON AFTER HIS RE ELECTION IN 1972 NIXON WAS LINKED TO A BREAK IN ATTEMPT AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS AT THE WATERGATE HOTEL WASHINGTON D.C IN 1974 AFTER SEVERAL LEADING FIGURES IN HIS GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE WATERGATE BREAK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BEGAN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST NIXON ON AUGUST 9 1974 NIXON BECAME THE FIRST U.S PRESIDENT TO RESIGN A MONTH LATER HE WAS GIVEN A FULL PRESIDENTIAL PARDON BY HIS SUCCESSOR GERALD FORD THE NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY WAS OPENED IN YORBA LINDA CALIFORNIA IN 1990 RICHARD NIXON DIED IN NEW YORK IN 1994
