Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, and was the only U.S. President to resign the office. Elected twice to the presidency, he served from 1969 to 1974. He was also the thirty-sixth Vice President of the United States, serving in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961). During World War II, he served as a United States Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific, before being elected to the United States Congress, and later serving as Vice President. After an unsuccessful United States presidential election, 1960, Nixon was elected in United States presidential election, 1968.
Biography
Richard Milhous Nixon, President of the USA, was born 9 January 1913 in Yorba Linda, California to Francis Anthony Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah Milhous (1885-1967) and died 22 April 1994 Yorba Linda, California of unspecified causes. He married Thelma Catherine Ryan (1912-1993) 21 June 1940 in Riverside, California.
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Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Patricia Nixon (1946) | 21 February 1946 | Edward Ridley Cox | |
Julie Nixon (1948) |
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