What was Richard Nixon occupation before becoming president?

Answer 1

Richard Nixon graduated from Whittier College in California and then won a scholarship to Duke University where he studied for a law degree. He opened his own law firm after graduating in 1937. He worked for the office of strategic services for a few months in 1939 and then served as a naval officer until 1946. He was elected Congressman in 1946, US Senator in 1950, and Vice President in 1952. Nixon ran unsuccessfully for the Presidency in 1960 and then tried, again unsuccessfully, to be elected Governor of California in 1962. He then joined a law firm in New York until winning the presidency in 1968.

Answer 2

Richard Nixon served in the Navy during World War II then in the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1950.

He was elected to the US Senate in 1950 and served until 1953 when he became Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In 1960 he lost the election for President & then ran unsuccessfully for Governor of California in 1962.

He resigned from politics and practiced law in California until his election to the Presidency in 1968.

Answer 3

Richard Nixon served in the Navy during World War II then in the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1950. He was elected to the US Senate in 1950 and served until 1953 when he became Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1960 he lost the election for President & then ran unsuccessfully for Governor of California in 1962. He resigned from politics and practiced law in California until his election to the Presidency in 1968.

Answer 4

He was vice-president under president Eisenhower.

His career before he was the Veep was as a lawyer, US Congressman and US senator.

As a boy and young man, he worked as streetcar motorman, trolly driver, farmer, and grocer.

Answer 5

After failing to win the election for U.S. Senator from California in 1962, Richard Nixon announced his retirement from politics and started a law practice in New York.

(Richard Nixon was Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, the second-youngest ever. Before that he was a U.S. Senator from California from 1950 to 1953, and before that he was the U.S. Representative from California's 12th congressional district from 1947 to 1950.)

Answer 6

Richard Nixon had been a lawyer, he represented California in both the House and the Senate, and he was U. S. Vice President for eight years.

Answer 7

Nixon was a US Senator from California when he ran for vice-president with Eisenhower. He served two terms as vice-president before he ran for president.

Answer 8

Yes. He was a lawyer, a lieutenant commander in the navy, a US congressman, a US senator and a two-term vice-president.

Answer 9

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