'''Richard Milhous

Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. In 1937 he passed the bar exam and practiced law in La Mirada. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the United States Navy and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander in the Pacific during World War II. In 1946 he was elected to the House of Representatives, first representing California's 12th Congressional district, and in 1950 served as Senator. He was chosen by party nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower to be his running mate for vice president in 1952. After winning the election, Nixon served as Eisenhower's vice president from 1953 until 1961. Despite announcing his retirement from politics after an unsuccessful presidential run in 1960 and a failed run for Governor of California in 1962, Nixon was elected to the presidency in 1968, and was reelected four years later.

Under President Nixon, the United States followed a foreign policy marked by détente with the Soviet Union and by the opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Nixon successfully negotiated a ceasefire with North Vietnam, effectively ending American involvement in the war. Domestically, his administration faced resistance to the Vietnam War. In the face of likely impeachment and conviction for his role in the Watergate scandal, Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. His successor, Gerald Ford, issued a pardon for any federal crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. Nixon is the only person in American history to be elected twice to both the vice presidency and the presidency.

Nixon suffered a stroke on April 18, 1994 and died four days later at the age of 81.

Early life

Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 to Francis A. Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon in a house his father built in Yorba Linda, California. His mother was a Quaker, and his upbringing is said to have been marked by conservative Quaker observances of the time, such as refraining from drinking, dancing, and swearing.Fact: date=August 2008 His father converted from Methodist to Quakerism after his marriage.Fact: date=August 2008 Nixon had four brothers: Harold (1909–1933), Donald (1914–1987), Arthur (1918–1925), and Ed (born 1930

Nixon attended Fullerton High School in Fullerton, and in 1930 he graduated second in his class from Whittier High School. Insufficient financial means for attendance forced Nixon to decline a scholarship to Harvard University and to Yale University; he instead enrolled at Whittier College, a local Quaker school, where he co-founded a fraternity known as The Orthogonian Society. Nixon was a formidable debater, a stand out in collegiate drama productions, was elected student-body president, and played football. While at Whittier, he lived at home and assisted with his family's store; he also taught Sunday school at East Whittier Friends Church, where he remained a member all his life. In 1934, he graduated second in his class from Whittier, and went on to Duke University School of Law, where he received a full scholarship and graduated third in his class in June 1937.