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'''Richard Milhous Nixon''' (January 9, 1913{{spnd}}April 22, 1994) was the 37th [[president of the United States]], serving from 1969 until [[Resignation of Richard Nixon|his resignation]] in 1974. A member of the | '''Richard Milhous Nixon''' (January 9, 1913{{spnd}}April 22, 1994) was the 37th [[president of the United States]], serving from 1969 until [[Resignation of Richard Nixon|his resignation]] in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a [[United States House of Representatives|representative]] and [[United States Senate|senator]] from [[California]] and as the 36th [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. [[Presidency of Richard Nixon|His presidency]] saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]], ''[[détente]]'' with the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]], the [[Apollo 11]] Moon landing, and the establishment of the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] and [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]]. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the [[Watergate scandal]]. | ||
Nixon was born into a poor family of [[Quakers]] in [[Yorba Linda]], [[Southern California]]. He graduated from [[Duke University School of Law|Duke Law School]] in 1937, practiced law in California, and then moved with his wife [[Pat Nixon|Pat]] to [[Washington, D.C.]], in 1942 to work for the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]]. After serving active duty in the [[United States Navy Reserve|Naval Reserve]] during [[World War II]], he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] in [[1946 California's 12th congressional district election|1946]]. His work on the [[Alger Hiss]] case established his reputation as a leading [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]]. In [[1950 United States Senate election in California|1950]], he was elected to the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. Nixon was the running mate of Eisenhower, the Republican Party's presidential nominee in the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 election]], and served for eight years as vice president. He narrowly lost the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential election]] to [[John F. Kennedy]]. After his loss in the [[1962 California gubernatorial election|1962]] race for governor of California, he announced his retirement from politics. However, in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]], he made another run for the presidency and narrowly defeated the Democratic incumbent vice president [[Hubert Humphrey]]. | Nixon was born into a poor family of [[Quakers]] in [[Yorba Linda]], [[Southern California]]. He graduated from [[Duke University School of Law|Duke Law School]] in 1937, practiced law in California, and then moved with his wife [[Pat Nixon|Pat]] to [[Washington, D.C.]], in 1942 to work for the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]]. After serving active duty in the [[United States Navy Reserve|Naval Reserve]] during [[World War II]], he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] in [[1946 California's 12th congressional district election|1946]]. His work on the [[Alger Hiss]] case established his reputation as a leading [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]]. In [[1950 United States Senate election in California|1950]], he was elected to the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. Nixon was the running mate of Eisenhower, the Republican Party's presidential nominee in the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 election]], and served for eight years as vice president. He narrowly lost the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 presidential election]] to [[John F. Kennedy]]. After his loss in the [[1962 California gubernatorial election|1962]] race for governor of California, he announced his retirement from politics. However, in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]], he made another run for the presidency and narrowly defeated the Democratic incumbent vice president [[Hubert Humphrey]]. | ||