Mr. Richard Nixon was born in 1913 in a house in California. His father was a very angry man and his mother was a Quaker (thought to look like this). Richard had 4 brothers. 2 of which died at an early age due to tuberculosis. His family was really poor and there ranch failed they had to move away to a Quaker village. As Richards life progressed he got a scholarship to Harvard, but he had to decline because his family was too poor to afford to send him to the east coast so he went to a local college. After he had formed his own fraternity and became a master debater he received a full ride to Duke school of Law. When Nixon was done with schooling he joined the Navy in 1942. He was trained in Rhode Island after he finished training he was assigned to the air force base in Ottumwa, Iowa.(He never saw combat).
After Nixon's tour of duty some members of congress approached him and asked if he would like to run for a seat in the House of Representatives. He accepted and later won to a five term professional. In 1952 was selected to run for the VP for the Republican party. As a VP Nixon didn't really do a whole lot. In 1960 Nixon faced JFK in the presidential election. Nixon narrowly lost to his opponent by .2% of the popular vote. After his loss he moved back to California, wrote a best seller, and joined the 1964 election. In 1964 he lost that election by 300,000 votes and said "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." When 1968 rolled around he FINALLY WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After winning he did a lot for the US and ran for 2 terms. Some of the most outstanding things were, creating an open trade with China, gave Chine a diplomacy, bettered relations with the Soviet Union.
WATERGATE:
I am completely confused about the watergate scandal and will ask Bruns about it tomorrow
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