finished "...with LBJ"
Richard Nixon
- Background: born in January 1913; went to Fullerton Union HS and played fools ball; family was poor; 4 bros; California; offered tution grand to Harvard but went to Whittier College in 1934; full ride to Duke in 1937; returned to cali and practiced law; married Thelma Ryan; served in Navy during WWII; Cali House/Senate; 8 years of vice under Eisenhower; ran for pres in 1960 and lost to JFK
- Elections involved in: 1960 - lost to JFK as pres candidate
- Top Ten: Watergate scandal=bugged offices of political opponents, IRS accused of power abuse;
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- Summary of Legacy: watergate; only pres to resign
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