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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He is well known for the escalation of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. He is the only US president to have resigned his office.
1,917 Questions
What reason did ford give for pardoing Richard Nixon?
It would help the nation focus on pressing problems
Why did Gerald Ford become so unpopular after only a month of being president?
He offered a pardon to Richard Nixon
Did Richard Nixon have anything to do with John Kennedy's assassination?
There is much speculation and controversy over the answer to this question.
The most prominent theory involving Lyndon Johnson suggests that he had some foreknowledge of the assassination and perhaps some involvement in the planning.
Johnson's mistress, Madeleine Duncan Brown, claims that Johnson told her that Kennedy would be assassinated the night before the assassination.
Fingerprints of Johnson's long-time personal criminal, Malcolm Wallace, were found on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository.
What was the policy of Vietnamization and how did it relate to the Nixon Doctrine?
"Vietnamization" was a plan in which the U.S. would withdraw troops if the South Vietnamese became strong enough to defend their own freedom. Nixon believed it was arrogance to give up hundreds of lives for a war that didn't pose an immediate threat to the U.S.
What communist nation in 1972 that President Nixon visited and established relations?
Richard M. Nixon was the first US President to visit both China and Russia.
What is the phone number of the Richard Nixon Library And Museum in Yorba Linda California?
The address of the Richard Nixon Library And Museum is: 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
What office did Nixon hold in 1950?
Richard Nixon served two terms in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1950, and he was elected to the Senate in 1950. Nixon was the Vice President during the Eisenhower Administration from 1953 to 1961 and was elected President in 1968.
In August 1971 President Nixon tried to curb inflation by?
Imposing a temporary freeze on wages, prices, and rents.
Who ran against Richard Nixon?
Democrat George McGovern ran against Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon ran against the following opponents:
- 1946 - Republican Party Primary for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 24397 votes
- 2nd - Jerry Voorhis - 12125 votes
- 3rd - William Kinnett - 1532 votes
- 1946 - Democratic Party Primary for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
- 1st - Jerry Voorhis - 25048 votes
- 2nd - Richard Nixon - 5077 votes
- 3rd - William Kinnett - 1200 votes
- 1946 - for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
- 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 65586 votes
- 2nd - Jerry Voorhis (Dem.) - 49994 votes
- 3rd - John Hoeppel (Prohibition Party) - 1476 votes
- 1948 - Democratic Party Primary for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 21411 votes
- 2nd - Stephen Zetterberg - 16808 votes
- 3rd - Margaret Cooper - 2772 votes
- 1948 - for U.S. Representative from the 12th C.D. of California
- 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 141,509 votes
- 2nd - Una Rice (Ind.) - 19631 votes
- 1950 - Republican Party Primary for U.S. Senator from California
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 740,465 votes
- 2nd - Manchester Boddy - 156,884 votes
- 3rd - Helen Gahagan Douglas - 153,788 votes
- 4th - Earl Desmond - 60613 votes
- 5th - Ulysses Meyer - 18783 votes
- 6th - Albert Levitt - 15929 votes
- 1950 - Democratic Party Primary for U.S. Senator from California
- 1st - Helen Gahagan Douglas - 734,842 votes
- 2nd - Manchester Boddy - 379,077 votes
- 3rd - Richard Nixon - 318,840 votes
- 4th - Earl Desmond - 96752 votes
- 5th - Ulysses Meyer - 34707 votes
- 1950 - for U.S. Senator from California
- 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 2,183,454 votes
- 2nd - Helen Gahagan Douglas (Dem.) - 1,502,507 votes
- 1952 - for U.S. Vice President
- 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 442 votes
- 2nd - John Sparkman (Dem.) - 89 votes
- Charlotta Bass (Progressive Pty.) - no vote
- Enoch Holtwick (Prohibition Pty.) - no vote
- Harry Byrd (Constitution Pty.) - no vote
- 1956 - for U.S. Vice President
- 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 457 votes
- 2nd - Estes Kefauver (Dem.) - 73 votes
- 3rd - Herman Talmadge (Dem.) - 1 vote
- Thomas Werdel (States' Rights Pty.) - no vote
- 1960 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 4,975,938 votes
- 2nd - George H. Bender - 211,090 votes
- 3rd - Cecil H. Underwood - 123,756 votes
- others - 118,616 votes
- 1960 - Republican National Convention
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 1321 votes
- 2nd - Barry Goldwater - 10 votes
- 1960 - for U.S. President
- 1st - John F. Kennedy (Dem.) - 303 votes
- 2nd - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 219 votes
- 3rd - Harry F. Byrd (Ind.) - 15 votes
- Orval Faubus (States' Rights Pty.) - no vote
- Charles Sullivan (Constitution Pty.) - no vote
- 1962 - for Governor of California
- 1st - Pat Brown (Dem.) - 3,037,109 votes
- 2nd - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 2,740,351 votes
- 3rd - Robert L. Wyckoff (Prohibition Pty.) - 69700 votes
- 1964 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
- 1st - Barry Goldwater - 2,267,079 votes
- 2nd - Nelson Rockefeller - 1,304,204 votes
- 3rd - James A. Rhodes - 615,754
- 4th - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. - 386,661 votes
- 5th - John W. Byrnes - 299,612 votes
- 6th - William Scranton - 245,401 votes
- 7th - Margaret Chase Smith - 227,007 votes
- 8th - Richard Nixon - 197,212 votes
- 9th - Harold Stassen - 114,083 votes
- 1968 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
- 1st - Ronald Reagan - 1,696,632 votes
- 2nd - Richard Nixon - 1,679,443 votes
- 3rd - James A. Rhodes - 614,492 votes
- 4th - Nelson Rockefeller - 164,340 votes
- 5th - Eugene McCarthy - 44520 votes
- others - 133,185 votes
- 1968 - Republican National Convention - First Ballot
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 692 votes
- 2nd - Nelson Rockefeller - 277 votes
- 3rd - Ronald Reagan - 182 votes
- 4th - James A. Rhodes - 55 votes
- 5th - George Romney - 50 votes <--- Mitt's father
- 6th - Clifford Case - 22 votes
- 7th - Frank Carlson - 20 votes
- 8th - Winthrop Rockefeller - 18 votes
- 9th - Hiram Fong - 14 votes
- 10th - Harold Stassen - 2 votes
- 11th - John V. Lindsay - 1 vote
- 1968 - Republican National Convention - Second Ballot
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 1238 votes
- 2nd - Nelson Rockefeller - 93 votes
- 3rd - Ronald Reagan - 2 votes
- 1968 - for U.S. President
- 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 301 votes
- 2nd - Hubert Humphrey (Dem.) - 191 votes
- 3rd - George Wallace (Amer. Ind. Pty.) - 46 votes
- Eugene McCarthy (Ind.) - no vote
- 1972 - Republican Party Presidential Primaries
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 5,378,704 votes
- 2nd - John M. Ashbrook - 311,543 votes
- 3rd - Pete McCloskey - 132,731 votes
- others - 29823 votes
- 1972 - Republican National Convention
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 1347 votes
- 2nd - Pete McCloskey - 1 vote
- 1972 - New York Conservative Party Presidential Convention
- 1st - Richard Nixon - 156 votes
- 2nd - John G. Schmitz - 38 votes
- abstained - 29 votes
- 1972 - for U.S. President
- 1st - Richard Nixon (Rep.) - 520 votes
- 2nd - George McGovern (Dem.) - 17 votes
- 3rd - John G. Hospers (Lib.) - 1 vote
- John G. Schmitz (Amer. Ind. Pty.) - no vote
- Linda Jenness (Socialist Workers Pty.) - no vote
- Benjamin Spock (People's Pty.) - no vote
Who served a president of the us before president Richard Nixon?
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
How did President Nixon escape impeachment?
Nixon resigned voluntarily before they did any voting for impeachment in Congress. The Supreme Court called for his impeachment, but there was still to vote in the Senate and House. If he stayed, he probably would have been impeached.
How did Gerald Ford become president?
Gerald Ford became president because he was vice-president when President Richard Nixon resigned that office. Interestingly, he was not elected vice-president but was appointed to this position after Spiro Agnew resigned.
What did Gerald Ford say after he pardoned Nixon?
President Gerald Ford pardoned former President Nixon of all offenses which he may have committed between January 20, 1969 and August 9, 1974. This meant that Nixon could not be prosecuted on any criminal charge whatsoever for anything relating to the Watergate scandal whether it was related to the burglary, obstruction of justice or election law violations or any other crime even unrelated to Watergate if committed during that time period.
Why did Nixon want to have diplomatic relation with china?
Nixon wanted to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of Chine because he recognized the importance of such a relationship. In a manner of speaking, by doing this he placed pressure on US relations with the USSR. Nixon believed that if a problem with either nation could be solved if he had access to one of them.
Which is the scandal that brought down US president Richard Nixon and which newspaper exposed it?
Watergate - it was exposed by the Washington Post
Richard Nixon was 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82m) tall.
Note: He was slightly above average height for a US President with the average being 5 ft 10 in (1.78m).
How did Nixon's speech help Eisenhower's campaign?
Nixon's so-called "Checkers" speech took the heat off the 1952 Eisenhower campaign, which otherwise might have been compelled to drop Nixon from the ticket due to allegations of financial wrongdoing.
Who did Nixon replace Spiro Agnew with?
No, Spiro Agnew was replaced by Gerald Ford. When Ford became president upon the resignation of RIchard Nixon, he appointed Nelson Rockefeller as his VP.
Whose presidency was marked by scandal after scandal?
President Ulysses S. Grant.
You have scandals such as:
Black Friday
Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring
Credit Mobilier
Whiskey Ring
Belknap Scandal
What good things did Richard Nixon do while in office?
Richard Nixon was FROM California, and lived in San Clemente, CA. He was never Governor of California. So, as President of the United States during the Vietnam War, what he did for the US, he did for California and the other states.
After two trials during 1949, a jury found Alger Hiss, a former high-ranking State Department official, accused of by Whittaker Chambers in August 1948 of being a communist and Soviet spy, guilty on two counts of perjury.
Over the years, further testimony and evidence have become known that do indeed corroborate that Hiss was an active member of Chambers' spy ring.
Sources: Readers interested in more details would do well by starting with official sites for the two men. There are links to these sites below.
What did Nixon promise about the Vietnam War during his campaign for the 1968 election?
Nixon said that he would pull troops out of Vietnam. Under a plan called "peace with honor", Nixon planned to negotiate an end to the war.
He faced a congress with both houses strongly controlled by Democrats.
