Presidents of the United States of America
37 - Richard M. Nixon
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: January 9, 1913
Birthplace: Small frame house in Yorba Linda, California
Father: Francis Anthony Nixon (1878-1956)
Mother: Hannah Milhous (1885-1967)
Height at Prime: 5 feet 11 ½ inches
Physical Description: Brown wavy hair, brown eyes, thick eyebrows, prominent ski nose, sagging jowls, large jaw
Religion: Quaker
Wife: Thelma Catherine “Pat†Ryan (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993)
Marriage Date: June 21, 1940
Marriage Place: Mission Inn, Riverside, California
Children:
-- Patricia “Tricia†Nixon Cox (February 21, 1946 - ____ )
-- Julie Nixon Eisenhower (July 5, 1948 - ____ )
Death Date: April 22, 1994
Place of Death: New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
Cause of Death: Cerebral edema caused by a stroke
Final Words: Unknown
Burial Place: Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, California
Professional Statistics:
Served in the navy during World War II (1942-1946)
U.S. Representative (1947-1950)
U.S. Senator (1951-1953)
Vice President of the United States (1953-1961)
President of the United States (1969-1974)
Political Party: Republican
His Vice Presidents:
-- Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973)
-- Gerald R. Ford (1973-1974)
Events During Presidency:
Vietnam War
New China Policy
Man on the Moon (July 20, 1969)
Seabed Treaty (1970)
Chemical Weapons Treaty (1971)
Twenty-Sixth Amendment Ratified (1971)
SALT Agreement (1972)
Wage-Price Controls (1971-1973)
Revenue Sharing (1972)
Law and Order:
-- Organized Crime Control Act (1970)
-- Drug Abuse Control Act (1970)
-- District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act (1970)
Environmental Protection:
-- Environmental Quality Policy Act (1969)
-- Environmental Protection Agency (1970)
-- Water Quality Improvement Act (1970)
-- National Air Quality Standards Act (1970)
-- Resource Recovery Act (1970)
-- Water Pollution Act (1972)
Consumer Product Safety Act (1972)
Watergate and Other Scandals (1972)
Impeachment Proceedings (1974)
Resignation (August 9, 1974)