Richard M. Nixon's Life

Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. His family moved to Whittier, California where he and his five brothers attended public school and worked at his father's store. He enrolled in Whittier College when he was 17. In 1934, Nixon received a scholarship to Duke University Law School in North Carolina. After he graduated, he tried to get a job with a law firm in New York but he got turned down every time and returned to Whittier where he met and married Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan. Nixon joined the Navy in 1942. Eleven years later Vice President of the United States under President of the United States Dwight David Eisenhower. Eisenhower was inaugurated in January, 1953. Nixon worked as an active leader during his eight years as Vice President when Dwight was sick. Nixon ran for President against John F. Kennedy and lost. Two years later, he ran for Governor of California and lost to that as well. Six years in 1968 he ran for President and won. On August 9, 1974 Nixon resigned while in office because of the Watergate scandal. Richard's administration is known as one of the worst ones in history. He retired to San Clemente, California. His wife died on June 22, 1993. "Tricky Dick" died exactly ten months later on April 22, 1994. Note: Nixon was President from 1969 through 1974 and the Vice Presidents were Spiro Theodore Agnew and Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.