Richard Nixon Biography

President Richard Nixon was elected as the 37th President of the United States of America. His term was from January 20th, 1969 up until August 9th, 1974. He was a United States representative from January 3rd, 1947 until December 1st, 1950 as well as a United States Senator from California from December 1st, 1950 to January 1st, 1953, before running and becoming elected as President. President Richard Nixon served as the 36th Vice President under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. President Nixon lost his first race to become president in 1960, losing to John F Kennedy who served his time as President from 1961 to 1963, becoming the youngest man to be elected into the office. Nixon lost to Kennedy in the closest election in
He was the second of five children in his family. Two of his brothers had passed away at a young age in his early life, taking an emotional toll on Nixon’s emotions and trying to process what had happened. He had attended Whittier College and graduated 2nd in his class and finished his schooling at Duke University School of Law where he graduated 3rd in his class. Nixon had met his future wife, Catherine (Pat) Ryan while practicing law at Whittier College and ended up marrying her in 1940. Nixon had two daughters with Catherine during their marriage. Richard Nixon joined the Navy in 1942 serving for the South Pacific in World War II and served as an operations
There were many difficult articles that helped endorse the impeachment of Nixon. The first article was article one which states that Nixon was charged with obstruction of justice.releventingestigationreocrded He withheld relevant material and evidence leading to lawfully authorized investigative, causing delay in investigation in hiding of the recorded tapes that were recording in the oval office recording. He also had made false and or misleading statements that also delayed the investigation of Nixon’s impeachment. Nixon had also made false and misleading public statements denying the recordings that came from the oval office. The second article of impeachment is the abuse of power. Nixon had abused his power by recording conversations without approval of the other person at the time of recording, but he thought it was okay to do just because he was the President of the United States. He abused the American citizens trust by abusing the power the way he did to try and cover up the investigation and to try and save himself from getting caught and getting in trouble. The third article is the contempt of congress. When becoming president of the United States, they are required to make an oath to the Constitution by stating they would