Richard M. Nixon

BIRTH NAME
Richard Milhous Nixon

POLITICAL PARTY
Republican

RELIGION
Quaker

EDUCATION
Whittier College B.A. 1934; Duke University School of Law JD 1937

VITALS
5 ft 11.5 in / 175 lbs

CAREER
1937-42 Practiced law in Whittier and La Habra, California
1942 Attorney, U.S. Office of Emergency Management, Washington, D.C.
1942-46 Lieutenant, then lieutenant-commander, U.S. Navy
1947-51 Member of U.S. House of Representatives, California
1951-53 U.S. Senator, California
1953-61 Vice President (Eisenhower)
1960 Unsuccessful candidate for U.S. President
1961-63 Practiced law in Southern California
1962 Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of California
1963-69 Practiced law in New York City

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
November 5, 1968
Popular: Nixon 31,785,480 (43.4%) Hubert H. Humphrey 31,275,166 (42.7%) George C. Wallace 9,906,473 (14%)
Electoral: Nixon 301 Humphrey 191 Wallace 46
November 7, 1972
Popular: Nixon 47,169,911 (61%) McGovern 29,170,383 (38%)
Electoral: Nixon 520 McGovern 17 John Hospers 1

VICE PRESIDENTS
Spiro T. Agnew (1969-73), Gerald R. Ford (1973-74)

ADMINISTRATION
Apollo 11 moon landing, Nixon Doctrine (1969); Postal Reorganization Act, Environmental Protection Agency, 26th Amendment (18 year old vote)(1970); Pentagon Papers (1971); China visit, Watergate Hotel break-in (1972); Paris Peace Accords end Vietnam War, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns (1973); U.S. v. Nixon, Senate Watergate Committee, Articles of impeachment (1974)

SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Warren Burger (Chief), Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell, William Rehnquist

FIRST LADY
Thelma “Pat” Catherine Ryan (1969-74)

“People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.”
AP Managing Editors Press Conference, Walt Disney World, Florida, November 17, 1973

Portrait of Richard Nixon by James Anthony Wills, 1984.