the person that proceeded Nixon was General Dis. Dickward
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Lyndon Johnson preceded Nixon and succeeded Kennedy as US President.
Gerald Ford who finished Richard Nixons second term after Nixon resigned.
John F. Kennedy won the presidential election of 1960. A democrat, Kennedy was preceded by republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The President of the United States in 1967 was Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson was president from November 1963 to January of 1969. He was preceded by John F. Kennedy and succeeded by Richard M. Nixon.
Of the 14 U. S. Vice Presidents who became President, the only one whose presidency did not immediately follow his vice presidency is Richard M. Nixon. He did run for president while still the incumbent vice president, but he lost that election (1960) and did not run again for president until 8 years later. It's interesting that Nixon preceded Lyndon Johnson as vice president, but Johnson preceded Nixon as president.
Herbert Hoover preceded Franklin Roosevelt.
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The iPhone 5 was preceded by the iPhone 4S.
Elizabeth I was preceded by Mary I, her sister. Elizabeth II was preceded by George VI, her father.
John Tyler preceded Polk as US president.
Richard M. Nixon was the President implictated in the Watergate Scandal.