Richard Nixon
- Born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda California.
- Richard Milhous Nixon
- Won Senate seat(1950)
- Se;;ected by General Eisenhower to be running mate (2 years later)
Election
- Won the Republican party's nomination
- Ran against JFK and HArry F. Bird
- Lost the election by one of the smallest margins in history
- JFK became president.
- The 1968 election defeated Humphrey and wallace
- Won by one of the closest margins in history
- Defeated Democratic candidate George McGovern
- won by one of the largest margins on record.
Approvel rating
- 55,8% from January 1973 to january 1973
- second term approval rating January 1973-August 1974 34.4%
- Overall Average approval rating as president 49%
Top 10
- Watergate scandal
- Visit to china- to encourage peace and increased contact between the two nations; The first to visit(1972)
- Equal rights amendment-designed to guarantee equal rights for women
- Apollo 11 moon landing- fulfilled Kennedy's goal to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade(1969)
- Congress broadens US civil rights commission mandate- include gender discrimination and signed all civil rights legislation. (including title 9, which baned secual discrimination in educational benifits)
- Office of MAnagement and Budget
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- Nuclear Arms control agreements with soviet Union- Anti-ballistic-missile agreement
- Nixon Doctrine(Guam Doctrine)- stated that the US would expect allies to take care of their own military defense.
Watergate Scandal
- June 17th 1972
- 5 men broke into office of DNC- located in the Watergate building in Washington D.C
- Connected to Nixon's reelection campaign
- Caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents.
- Historians are unsure if Nixon knew about the operation before it happened
- Took steps to cover up
- raised 'hush money' for burglars
- Tried to stop FBI investigation of the crime
- Destroyed evidence
- Fired uncooperative staff members
- Resigned rather than being faced with impeachment
Nixon's legacy
- He revolutionized foreign relations set the foundation for modern environmental regulations and supported rights for women but he will forever be associated with the Watergate scandal.
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