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He was the first former president to die in 21 years since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1973, while Nixon was president. Nixon's wife, Pat, died on June 22, 1993. Just under ten months later, on April 18, 1994, Nixon had a cerebrovascular accident at his home in Park Ridge, New Jersey, and was taken to New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center. [2]
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Richard Nixon had served as vice president from 1953 to 1961, and had been defeated in the 1960 presidential election by John F. Kennedy.In 1962, Nixon ran for governor of California against incumbent Pat Brown, and was defeated handily, leading the media to label him as a "loser". [6]
January 20 – Richard Nixon's presidency begins with his inauguration at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.; the oath of office is administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. President Nixon declared in his inaugural address, "The greatest honor that history can bestow is the title of peacemaker." [1] The Nixon Administration ...
A bust of former U.S. President Richard Nixon is displayed in the corridor where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S ...
Nixon began his remarks stating that "now that all the members of the press are so delighted that I have lost, I'd like to make a statement of my own." [6] Nixon insisted that the press had attacked him since 1948 following the Alger Hiss case. He said: "I leave you gentlemen now. And you will now write it. You will interpret it. That's your right.
Gerald Ford sought to heal America after the trauma of the Watergate scandal that forced Richard Nixon from office in 1974 (AFP via Getty Images) Jimmy Carter.
Christopher Nixon Cox got candid about the 2016 election. Richard Nixon's 37-year-old grandson revealed he doesn't think the 2016 election is a done deal for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton .