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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.
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Who made up the silent majority of Americas that president Richard Nixon claimed to represent?
Nixon himself was not called the silent majority he was calling the average non protesting american the silent majority.
In what year was Gerald Ford Richard Nixon's running mate?
Richard Nixon's first running mate for the presidential election was Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, with Nixon as the Vice Presidential candidate.
Nixon's first running mate as a presidential candidate was Henry Cabot Lodge in 1960.
How old is Richard Nixon kids?
Pat Nixon had two children: Patricia "Tricia" (b 1946) and Julie (b 1948). Julie married David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in December 1968 and Tricia married Edward Cox in a famous White House Rose Garden wedding in July 1971.
Pat Nixon was married to Richard Nixon for 53 years and served as First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
Why was Nixon thrown out of office?
Nixon was not kicked out of office. He resigned. It is very possible that he would have been impeached because of the Watergate scandal. Nixon authorized men to break into the Democratic Headquarters. A president swears to follow the law, not order breaking and entering.
What led president Richard M. Nixon to run for president?
He wanted to become president because he saw how bad his father did and wasnt so good at politics and things like that and Nixon saw how that effected the family when he was growing up and decided to learn about politics and be good at paying the house and stuff. Nixon did that and saw how much he liked politics and decided to run for presedent.
Richard Nixon's 1968 political comeback to win the presidency can be partly attributed to?
Nixon won the presidency in 1968 election, making a political comeback that seemed nearly impossible after the "last press conference". The so-called "last press conference" of Richard Nixon took place on November 7 1962, following his loss to democrat Pat Brown in the 1962 California gubernatorial election.
Richard Nixon was forced to resign from which position?
faced impeachment for his part in the Watergate scandal. (apex)
What year did Richard Nixon graduate from whitter college?
Richard M. Nixon graduated from Whittier College (Calif.) in 1934 with a BA Degree.
How did President Nixon show that he was ready to deal with China?
All of above.
He withdrew naval forces sent to monitor China,
He allowed students to travel to China and He let Chinese allies know that he wanted better relations with China.
Which president died before Nixon?
John Kennedy was the last president to die before Hoover, He died on November 22, 1963 and Hoover died on October 20, 1964. Of course 30 other presidents also died before both of them.
Why was Nixon a bad president?
Does anyone believe that Nixon was NOT trying illegally to protect guilty members in his administration, who afterall were doing his bidding and went to jail for it, whether or not he personally told them to bug the Democratic Reelection Committee. And there is, of course, the famous 'smoking gun' tape, which convinced members of his own party that he should be impeached. If he hadn't resigned, he'd have been convicted and gone to jail. So, WHO believes he was innocent? Perhaps the same people who believe the earth is 6,000 years old, i.e. true believers!
For another point of view...
1. In 1964 president Johnson asked Congress permission for war against North Vietnam and he got it. Many people think that Nixon should have asked the same every time he extended the war. But in the mean time many congresmen and senators had changed their minds about this never ending war and the answer could have been negative.
It was difficult for Nixon however to ask permission because then the ennemy would have known about his plans beforehand. He did discus the matter with some individual senators.
2. When Hunt, Liddy and McCoy organized the burglary in the Watergate building, Nixon knew nothing about it and when he heard about it, he was told that no people in the White House were involved. So he tried to suppress further investigation of the FBI, not because to protect guilty people, but because unnecessary publicity would be damaging for the election and for innocent people.
The FBI and the CIA convinced him that this was not a case of national security and that suppressing would be unlawful. So within two weeks he said "go ahead" to the FBI-chief.
The tapes do not prove that Nixon ordered the burglary or that he definitively hid the truth. In the opnion of people however hen obstructed justice by not giving the tapes immediately so that his considering of hiding the truth was unnoticed for many months. But Nixon was forgotton his considerations two years earlier and did not know about that smoking gun tape. What he wanted to hide were all kinds of conversations that had nothing to do with Watergate.
Everythings shows that the senators were not after the truth, but for political reasons after Nixon. Because there was so little evidence for the Watergate case, they used the tapes to prove that Nixon committed all kinds of crimes.
All these people do not consider the fact that a war was goning on inside the country about civil rights. And that a war was going on in Vietnam; that publication of the secret Pentagon Papers could possibly endanger American soldiers in Vietnam. Foreign leaders were amazed about all the fuss. What amazes me however is that after all these years Americans still take Watergate seriously.
Back to another point of view, answering the question, Why take Watergate seriously?...
What Nixon did wrong was to think he could get away with abusing the power of the Executive branch, a classic case of paranoid hubris. The American people, Republicans as well as Democrats, were horrified to learn what dirty tricks the Nixon Administration and the Nixon Reelection Committee were up to.
Impeachment is by definition and practice a political act involving, not the courts, but the Legislative branch. The act of lying to the American people on serious matters, part of the famous 'cover-up', was enough to get him impeached. His erratic behavior (inspired by hatred of his progressive 'enemies' who he was out to get) frightened the country, not to mention the world, and contributed to his downfall. For a detailed month by month account of those momentous days read Elizabeth Drew's Washington Journal.
No one thought then, and only the extreme right-wing thinks now, that Nixon was innocent or unfairly treated by a democratic system that proved, to liberals and conservatives alike, that it worked. Future presidents will think twice. That's why Watergate is taken seriously.
What did Pat Nixon do for America?
T. Pat Nixon nee Ryan was the wife of Pres. Richard M. Nixon. Although she
was a low profile first lady, she did quite a lot in her role. She was said to be one of the most traveled first ladies; she went to several countries that were experiencing instability to natural disaster or other tragic circumstance. She was not fearful of traveling alone in her role as First Lady. I recall as a nine yr old in fourth grade (I am 62 now), Mrs. Nixon was in S. America when the motorcade she was traveling in, got attacked by an uncivilized mob. I recall seeing the newscast with Mrs. Nixon & the V.P President in a car being rocked by ruffians.
Pat Nixon promoted the concept of a Foster Grandparent's program. During one holiday season, several Sr.. citizen's, many of them from DC nursing homes, were invited to a WH dinner in their honor.
Like most first ladies, she maintained a busy schedule doing ceremonial types of work, such as greeting boys and girl scout troops, supporting DC museums and cultural programs. Mrs. Nixon also invested considerable time in WH restoration, although she did not receive a lot of publicity for this. The Nixons were the only WH couple to host former First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy. The Nixons invited Jackie and her children to the WH to see her completed, official WH Portrait. Jackie came with her children who had grown since they lived in the WH. Caroline was in HS or middle-school, John Jr. was about 8-10. Mrs. Nixon's daughter Julie wrote a very substantial memoir on her mother that detailed the highlights of her political life.
Prior to being first lady, Mrs. Nixon was a seasoned campaigner. Her husband ran for President three times, had served two terms as a V.P. under Eisnehauer. He also ran for Gov. of California.
As a mother, Mrs. Nixon seems to have set a wonderful example for other WH families. Both her daughters survived the tumult of a terrible, traumatic scandal when their father was pressured to resign as Pres. due to Watergate Scandal. Her daughter Julie was married in an historic wedding to David Eisenhauer, the grandson of Pres. Dwight D Eisenhauer. The wedding took place right after her father was elected President. The couple were married in the famous Marble Collegiate Church, which was founded by the popular minister Dale Carnagie, the father of Positive Thinking and motivational studies. Her daughter Tricia was the last bride to be married at the WH, a beautiful outdoor wedding that took place in Gardens of WH. Both the Nixon sisters went on to lead happy, fulfilling lives. Sadly, the sisters had a major disagreement, in adulthood that came about re Operations for The Nixon Library.
Mrs. Nixon had suffered a major stroke several years before she passed away. She was not seen in public much, after leaving the WH.
Explain Richard Nixon's personality?
Most Historians rank him close to the bottom of the list.
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I think there's a lot of passion about Nixon. He's got good and bad points. His worst points were that he was a crook, statements to the contrary notwithstanding. He was good on foreign policy, he was decent on the economy. If Nixon would have had an honest bone in his body, he would rank as one of the best presidents ever. But he belonged in prison (something he has in common with a lot of other presidents), so I'd say he was probably right in the middle. I'd say FDR, Eisenhower, Lincoln, Washington and Kennedy were the five best presidents, Nixon was number 23, and the last three Republican presidents were at the absolute bottom.
What was true of both Richard nixion and Ronald Reagan?
they gained popular support by speaking out against communism in the united states
What laws did Richard Nixon pass?
Yes, he did. Two of his most important laws include the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act and the Endangered Species Act.
What is the scandal that ended Nixon's presidency?
The Watergate scandal is what eventually brought down Richard Nixon. Nixon himself never admitted guilt for anything. The President was faced with a guaranteed impeachment in the US Senate, which led him to resign before that happened on 9 August 1974.
Who became a major domestic issue during President Nixon's administration?
There are quite a number of serious problems that Richard Nixon faced during his term of office. Some of the major problems include Vietnam War, inflation and the Watergate scandal among others.
What was part of president Nixons pan of peace with honor?
an exchange of prisoners of war in North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon was born 9 January 1913 in Yorba Linda, California.
How did Richard Nixon's foreign policy represent a change for the US?
Richard Nixon had multiple contexts and vectors toward his foreign policy. Nixon escalated Vietnam war through the invasion of Laos. Later his policy was endgame of the war through forcing a diplomacy solution by the strategic bombing campaign of Operation Linebacker II against North Vietnam. Nixon's Middle East policy revolved around the Arab-Israeli conflict , and most importantly the 1973 Yom Kippur War. This involved the "shuttle diplomacy" of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State across the region mediating the conflicts. Detente with the People's Republic of China opened the country to trade and diplomatic normalization. It also served to create a wedge between the United States to Soviet relationship. Nixon also signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile and Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with the Soviets as a core areas of his security policy.
Who was the first president resigned from the presidency?
In 1974 Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign from office. His resignation was most likely do to his speculated involvement in the Watergate scandal. He was succeeded by Gerald Ford.
What did the Soviets want American when Nixon took office in 1969?
a deal that would let them buy american wheat
Food to help shortages
