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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente…
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politics · President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 · politician · military officer · lawyer · autobiographer · statesperson · jurist · also Richard Nixon, R. M. Nixon, Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon, President Richard Nixon, President Nixon
Born 9 January 1913 · Died 22 April 1994 · Q9588
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Our policies of assistance to the developing world are based not solely on altruism but also on self-interest. There are three major areas where our interests are affected by our policies toward the developing world: our economy, our security, and the ominous increase in the number of refugees clamoring to come to the United States ... unless the economies of the Southern Hemisphere grow, this flood of refugees from the developing world will become a deluge.
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2026· 7 entries
“Our policies of assistance to the developing world are based not solely on altruism but also on self-interest. There are three major areas where our interests are affected by our policies toward the developing world: our economy, our security, and the ominous increase in the number of refugees clamoring to come to the United States ... unless the economies of the Southern Hemisphere grow, this flood of refugees from the developing world will become a deluge.”
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“Today, China’s economic power makes U.S. lectures about morality and human rights imprudent. Within a decade, it will make them irrelevant. Within two decades, it will make them laughable. By then the Chinese may threaten to withhold most-favored-nation status from the United States unless we do more to improve living conditions in Detroit, Harlem, and South-Central Los Angeles.”
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“the greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker”
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nbcmiami.com: Democrat Nixon to face Republican Moody in Florida's U.S. Senate race
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WPLG Local 10: ‘I don’t run away from hard questions’: Senate candidate Angie Nixon says she’s ready for November
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The Guardian: Another democratic socialist victory – Angie Nixon in Florida – sends shock waves through party establishment
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2025· 1 entry
The Guardian: From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “As U.S. President Richard Nixon spoke to Apollo 11 astronauts on the phone after they landed on the moon in 1969, a photograph taken during the same mission was already on the wall in the Oval Office.” Miscaptioned.
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2022· 1 entry
VOA rated the claim ““Former senior aide to U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, Harald Malmgren, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is the smartest politician on the world stage.”” Misleading.
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2021· 1 entry
Rappler rated the claim “Former US president Richard Nixon declared in 1973 that the US dollar will no longer be backed by gold.” False.
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2019· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Lindsey Graham once said President Richard Nixon made himself subject to impeachment the day he failed to answer a congressional subpoena.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Richard Nixon both said that their attacks on journalists were designed to destroy the credibility of news stories.” Mixture.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”” False.
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2018· 1 entry
The Washington Post rated the claim “"The Justice Department memos going back to before Nixon say that you cannot indict a sitting president, you have to impeach him."” Not the whole story.
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2017· 3 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."” Mostly False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “American political consultant Roger Stone has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “During the Watergate scandal, President Nixon blamed all of the controversy on the illegality of the actions of leaker "Deep Throat."” False.
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2008· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Senator John McCain admitted that he was a 'war criminal' and was pardoned by President Nixon for his crimes.” False.
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1995· 1 entry
“If our cities are to be livable for the next generation, we can delay no long. er in launching new approaches to the problems that beset them and to the tensions that tear them apart.”
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1994· 5 entries
Died 1994-04-22.
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Suffered a debilitating stroke and died four days later
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“Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.”
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“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth—to see it like it is, and tell it like it is—to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.”
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“Ao ser perguntado se ele queria ouvir sobre o declínio da lira italiana.”
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1988).
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1974· 4 entries
Facing almost certain impeachment and removal from office, Nixon resigned
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Nixon proposed more comprehensive health insurance reform—a private health insurance employer mandate and replacement of Medicaid by state-run health insurance plans available to all, with income-based premiums and cost
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“we can do that, but it would be wrong”
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Career landmark: presidential pardon.
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1973· 4 entries
An Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria, supported with arms and materiel by the Soviet Union, attacked Israel in the Yom Kippur War
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Nixon announced his administration was committed to seeking most favored nation trade status with the USSR, which was challenged by Congress in the Jackson-Vanik Amendment
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Nixon encouraged the Export-Import Bank to finance in part a trade deal with the Soviet Union in which Armand Hammer's Occidental Petroleum would export phosphate from Florida to the Soviet Union, and import Soviet ammon
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“People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I”
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1972· 9 entries
In one of the largest landslide election victories in American history
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Awarded Time Person of the Year (1972).
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Nixon approved a five-year cooperative program between NASA and the Soviet space program, culminating in the 1975 joint mission of an American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft linking in space
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And met with Leonid Brezhnev, the general secretary of the Communist Party; Alexei Kosygin, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers; and Nikolai Podgorny, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, among other
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Effectively announcing his candidacy for reelection
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Campaign: 1972 presidential election.
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When he defeated George McGovern in one of the largest landslide victories in American history
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Sought to dispose of desegregation as a political issue before then
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Led to diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he finalized the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union
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1971· 8 entries
With announcements from Washington and Beijing, it was learned that the President would visit China the following February
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Awarded Time Person of the Year (1971).
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Became the government-run United States Postal Service
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Excerpts from the "Pentagon Papers", which had been leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, were published by The New York Times and The Washington Post
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And ended American combat involvement in Vietnam in 1973, and the military draft the same year
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“Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa”
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Effectively taking the United States off the gold standard
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Nixon proposed health insurance reform—a private health insurance employer mandate, federalization of Medicaid for poor families with dependent minor children, and support for health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
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1970· 2 entries
Against North Vietnamese bases in the east of the country, and further protests erupted against perceived expansion of the conflict, which resulted in Ohio National Guardsmen killing four unarmed students at Kent State U
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Congress had granted the president the power to impose wage and price freezes, though the Democratic majorities, knowing Nixon had opposed such controls throughout his career, did not expect Nixon to actually use the aut
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1969· 5 entries
Sworn in by his onetime political rival, Chief Justice Earl Warren
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Because uncrewed spy satellites were a more cost-effective way to achieve the same reconnaissance objective
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“I have received a very gracious message from the Vice President, congratulating me for winning the election. I congratulated him for his gallant and courageous fight against great odds. I also told him that I know exactly how he felt. I know how it feels to lose a close one.”
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1969–1974).
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Stepped up covert operations against Cuba and its president, Fidel Castro
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1968· 5 entries
Candidate Nixon received information that Johnson was preparing a so-called "October surprise", abandoning three non-negotiable conditions for a bombing halt, to help elect Humphrey in the last days of the campaign
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Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (1968–1969).
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Though feminists criticized him for doing little to help the ERA or their cause after his election
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Campaign: 1968 presidential election.
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And defeated the Democratic candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey
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1967· 1 entry
Nixon was approached by an associate at his firm in Leonard Garment about a case involving the press and perceived invasion of privacy
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1964· 1 entry
Nixon won write-in votes in the primaries, and was considered a serious contender by both Gallup polls and members of the press
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1963· 1 entry
The Nixon family traveled to Europe, where Nixon gave press conferences and met with leaders of the countries he visited
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1962· 2 entries
Election lost: 1962 California gubernatorial election.
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Campaign: 1962 California gubernatorial election.
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1961· 1 entry
“In the next eight years, I made a lot of money,”
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1960· 4 entries
Election lost: 1960 presidential election.
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With both elections seeing a gap of less than one percentage point of the popular vote
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Nixon launched his first campaign for President of the United States, officially announcing on January 9, 1960
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Campaign: 1960 presidential election.
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1958· 1 entry
Richard and Pat Nixon reluctantly embarked on a goodwill tour of South America
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1955· 1 entry
President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack, and his condition was initially believed to be life-threatening
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1953· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1953–1961).
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1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1951–1953).
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1950· 2 entries
For denying under oath he had passed documents to Chambers
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Career landmark: United States senator (1950–1951).
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1949· 1 entry
Nixon began to consider running for the United States Senate against the conservative Democratic incumbent, Sheridan Downey, and entered the race in November
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1948· 2 entries
The bill passed the House by 319 to 58, but later it failed to pass the Senate
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Nixon successfully cross-filed as a candidate in his district, winning both major party primaries, and was comfortably reelected
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1947· 2 entries
Nixon referred to Eisler's belligerence toward HUAC in his maiden speech to the House
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Career landmark: United States representative (1947–1950).
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1945· 1 entry
Formed a "Committee of 100" to decide on a candidate, hoping to avoid internal dissensions which had led to previous Voorhis victories
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1943· 2 entries
Nixon was promoted to lieutenant
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Was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 25 and the South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command (SCAT), where he supported the logistics of operations in the South Pacific theater during World War II
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1938· 1 entry
Opened up his own branch of Wingert and Bewley in La Habra, California, and became a full partner in the firm the following year
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1937· 2 entries
And began practicing in Whittier with the law firm Wingert and Bewley in the National Bank of Whittier Building
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Studied at Duke University School of Law (1937).
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1934· 3 entries
Studied at Whittier College (1934).
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And from Duke University School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1937, practiced law in California, and then moved with his wife Pat to Washington, D
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Nixon was accepted at the new Duke University School of Law, which offered scholarships to top students, including Nixon
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1933· 1 entry
Was engaged to Ola Florence Welch, daughter of the Whittier police chief, but they broke up in 1935
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1925· 1 entry
At the age of seven after a short illness
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1922· 1 entry
And the family moved to Whittier, California
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1913· 2 entries
In what was then the township precinct of Yorba Linda, California, in a house built by his father, on his family's lemon ranch
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Born 1913-01-09.
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