richard nixon

     

Richar Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913–April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only American president to resign the office.

Trivia about richard nixon

  • The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term
  • As both vice president & president, he threw out a season's 1st pitch, each time for a different Senators franchise
  • The last time there were no living ex-presidents was when this man was president
  • He's the only man elected vice president twice & elected president twice
  • He said, "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook"
  • In August 1974 he returned to his home in San Clemente, California, reportedly in a deep depression
  • In July 1959 he traveled to the Soviet Union to open an American exhibit in Moscow
  • The 1st U.S. president Mao receivedon an official state visit was this man in the 1970's
  • Alger Hiss got 5 years after his 1950 perjury trial, thanks to this CA. Congressman who had his own legal issues in '74
  • On Sept. 8, 1974 he was pardoned for any crimes he may have committed while President
  • On June 14, 1959 this vice president & his family opened Disneyland's monorail
  • Hello out there...in 1969 this president placed the first telephone call to the moon
  • "You won't have" this man "to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."
  • 1968
  • Stephen Ambrose looked at this president's "Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990"
  • He dedicated the Rathbun Dam July 31, 1971
  • January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California
  • Gore Vidal's play about this president opened & closed a few weeks before the Watergate break-in
  • In 1960 it was him & Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
  • On September 8, 1974, he was granted "A full, free and absolute pardon"
  • Hearings to determine whether this president should be impeached began May 9, 1974
  • In 1970 he declared it time for the great silent majority of Americans to stand up and be counted"
  • Richard I (& Shakespeare thought Richard III was the bad one!)
  • President who called Watergate "A burden I shall bear for every day of the life that is left to me"
  • Seen here, he was "tricky" enough to be something of a hunk playing football for Whittier College:
  • Following the famous "Checkers" speech, D. Eisenhower told him, "You're my boy"
  • "It was a little Cocker Spaniel dog...and our little girl, Tricia, the 6-year-old, named it Checkers"
  • On August 9, 1974, he became the first U.S. president to resign
  • Man first set foot on the Moon
  • Earl Butz,John Mitchell,Henry Kissinger
  • Billy Graham presided over his funeral services April 27, 1994 in Yorba Linda, California
  • In his memoirs, he insists he really won in 1960
  • Whittier,1934;Duke Law School,1937
  • Gerald Ford issued 382 pardons but the one issued to this man in 1974 is said to have cost Ford the 1976 election
  • In 1976 this former president was disbarred in New York State
  • Hannah Milhous
  • 1953-1961
  • Diane Sawyer was a staff assistant to this president in the White House & after his resignation, in San Clemente
  • He told America, "To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body"
  • Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of this president in a 1995 film was a bit more serious than Dan Hedaya's in 1999
  • This president's daughter Tricia was married in the White House Rose Garden
  • During his term, the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18
  • This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988
  • On Sept. 9, 1974 news fit to print included the pardon of this man & "Knievel Safe As Rocket Falls"
  • Talk about a checkered past! In 1952 he gave his famous "Checkers" speech
  • In 1977 he told David Frost, "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal"
  • President who signed the Alaskan Pipeline Act during the energy crisis
  • Among his nicknames were "Gloomy Gus" & "Tricky Dick"
  • He was the first California native to become vice president & the first to become president
  • Only 2 presidential libraries are not administered by the National Archives: Hayes' in Ohio & his in Yorba Linda, CA.
  • In 1985 this former president arbitrated the Major League umpire labor dispute
  • When Sputnik 1 went up
  • On January 20 he was sworn in as president of the United States
  • He was captain of the debating team at Whittier College in California
  • ...Alaska & Hawaii were admitted to the Union
  • An odd subject for an opera, but composer John Adams wrote one about this president's 1972 trip to China
  • Tricia Cox
  • Hubert Humphrey & then George McGovern
  • Staffer Alexander Butterfield shocked the U.S. by saying that this president taped his Oval Office conversations
  • "Breach of Faith"
  • In a November 3, 1969 speech, he used the phrase "The great silent majority"
  • "I have never been a quitter."
  • He lost the popular vote to JFK in 1960 by .2%, but won the presidency 8 years later in another squeaker by .7%
  • La Casa Pacifica
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Mitzi Kapture of "Baywatch") I grew up in Yorba Linda, California, like this president"
  • This president appointed Warren Burger chief justice
  • This Republican was the last president who had no sons -- but he did have daughters
  • At his 1969 inaugural he said, "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker"
  • In 1972 George McGovern called this president's administration the "most corrupt" in U.S. history
  • Paul called being on this guy's enemies list "The highest single honor I've ever received"
  • Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
  • "Eight years from now America will celebrate its two-hundredth anniversary as a nation"
  • Yorba Linda, California
  • Sources say he wrote his November 1969 "Silent Majority" speech all by himself
  • Secretary of LaborGeorge Shultz,Attorney GeneralJohn Mitchell
  • Melvin Laird, Elliot Richardson & James Schlesinger
  • He was the last president to be one of the litigants in a case before the Supreme Court
  • In 1962 he published a book on his career highlights to date -- "Six Crises"
  • In 1946 he won California's 12th district seat, in part by implying Democrat Jerry Voorhis had Communist ties
  • Melvin Laird
  • This president flushed himself from office after "Plumbers" broke open a torrent at Watergate
  • Lyndon Johnson's predecessor
  • Spiro Agnew
  • In 1952, he said, "Pat doesn't have a mink coat. But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat"
  • After April 22, 1994 in New York City, we didn't have him to kick around anymore
  • In 1972 he went to both Moscow & Peking
  • His cousin Jessamyn West's novel "Friendly Persuasion" has a hero based on his great-grandfather Joshua Milhous
  • Francis, the father of this 37th U.S. president, became a Quaker after marrying Hannah Milhous
  • (Hi, I'm environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.) In 1970 it was this president who established the Environmental Protection Agency
  • The Supreme Court rejected absolute executive privilege in the 1974 case United States v. this man
  • "No More Vietnams"
  • Elliot Richardson
  • After a gathering of Ford, Carter & this president, Bob Dole said, "There they were. See no evil, hear no evil & evil"
  • One of the few decisions made in the summer was in the case United States v. this person in 1974
  • "One Man Alone"
  • Books about him include "One Man Alone" & "Arrogance of Power"
  • Famous politician heard here on Sept. 23, 1952:[The kids, like all kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now that regardless of what they say about it, we're going to keep him]
  • Anthony Hopkins & Dan Hedaya: this political figure
  • Casa Pacifica in San Clemente was the western White House of this U.S. president
  • At a particularly rough time, John Dean said there was "a cancer growing on (his) presidency"

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  • L'homme n'est pas achevé quand il est vaincu. Il est achevé quand il abandonne - Richard Nixon
  • Son-in-law of Richard Nixon knocks over $70K vase at Bank of America in event for Cardinal Dolan. So many themes.
  • El más elevado honor que la historia puede conceder a un hombre es el título de pacificador. Richard Nixon
  • @PatriaVecinal Si con la ayudita de la oligarquía y del gobierno de Richard Nixon.
  • It's so comforting to know Richard Nixon is not a Crook. Barack Obama is not a liar Al Sharpton is not a Rat.
  • “If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.” ―Richard Nixon
  • RT @TeganMathis: A year earlier, Alexander Butterfield was key to forcing Richard Nixon from office, so the CIA had to cover up his CIA his…
  • Or that theres a picture of Richard Nixon in the background
  • RT @TeganMathis: After Haldeman and Ehrlichman resigned, Al Haig regained control of the White House, eventually forcing Richard Nixon to r…
  • RT @TeganMathis: Think about it. Bob Woodward supposedly destroyed Richard Nixon, so why was he given access to the George H.W. Bush White …
  • Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. -Richard Nixon
  • RT @TeganMathis: In 1969 and 1970, Navy Lieutenant Bob Woodward worked for Admiral Thomas Moorer, who is best known for spying on Richard N…
  • RT @TeganMathis: Soon after Richard Nixon's resignation, Dick Cheney stood by Gerald Ford's side, tweaking the transition of power to his l…
  • RT @TeganMathis: ...Richard Nixon then met with Caspar Weinberger to discuss how they'd reorganize the government in the absence of Al Haig…
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  • There are good men (JJ Putz), great men (Richard Nixon), & there are outstanding men (@turnttimothy). Happy birthday Tim! #AardvarkTrombone
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  • RT @PoliticaCero_: #DatoInútil Richard Nixon es el único presidente de Estados Unidos que ha renunciado al cargo. Lo cuenta @jairocalixto e…
  • #DatoInútil Richard Nixon es el único presidente de Estados Unidos que ha renunciado al cargo. Lo cuenta @jairocalixto en @PoliticaCero_
  • This girl on True Life: I'm Addicted To Molly has just one picture on her wall and it's a picture of Richard Nixon. This made me laugh.
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  • Sure, Watergate was wrong but thanks Richard Nixon for th great political thrillers whch followed #ThreeDaysOfTheCondor #AllThePresidentsMen
  • This girl on celebrity name game had no idea what Richard Nixon's first name was but she got Zac Efron in 2 seconds. I love this country
  • I liked a @YouTube video Ralph Covert, "She Smiles Like Richard Nixon" (06-22-2007 (15) Atlanta)
  • "This person was from California..." So was Richard Nixon. Look how that turned out.
  • @ChuckCJohnson I hope you burn for telling the truth,showing journalistic integrity, and checking your sources. Signed Richard Nixon
  • Tbh I need to work at a pet store bc I hate having to tell people they can't have their dog in here when all I really wanna do is pet it.
  • this spam email from popular culture, then: Richard Nixon, Captain Ahab, and some wacky people on SVU
  • RT @BrettArends: Ghost of Richard Nixon: And you impeached me for bugging an office? Seriously? #CIATorture
  • "I am not a crook." - Richard Nixon
  • Ghost of Richard Nixon: And you impeached me for bugging an office? Seriously? #CIATorture
  • What do ex-CIA chief Michael Hayden and Richard Nixon have in common? -- #TortureReport