Richard M. Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon came from a family with a strong heritage. His father's side of the family were Methodists originally from Scotland. Then, in the early 1600s, they migrated to Ireland, and to America in the 1730s. His grandfather, George Nixon, died in the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil war.
Richard's father, Frank Nixon, was born in Ohio. His mother died when he was only 7, and he left home when he was only 14. He went from town to town doing odd jobs and eventually made his way to California where he met his future wife,
Hannah.
Nixon's mother's side of the family was originally from Germany. They then migrated to England around 1688, where they became Quakers. From England they migrated to Ireland, and from Ireland to America. During the civil war they were part of the underground railroad. Richard's mother, Hannah Milhous, was born in Indiana, but her family moved and she grew up in Whittier, California, where she met Frank Nixon. They fell in love at first sight, and were married four months later in June 1908. Frank converted to Quakerism.
Frank and Hannah's first son, Harold, was born in 1909, only a year after they were wed. In 1908, Frank bought a lemon ranch in Yorba Linda, CA, and built a small house there. Then, on January 9, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon was born in that very house. Hannah and Frank would have three more children: Donald
(born in 1914), Arthur (born in 1918), and Edward (born in 1930).
The Nixon family lived on the edge of poverty. The lemon ranch didn't make enough money to provide for the family of seven, so Frank started doing odd jobs (namely building houses) AND ran the lemon ranch to provide for his family.
In 1922, the Nixon's moved back to Whittier, and things took a turn for the better. Frank bought a plot of land and built a gas station and a general store on it. Business was good, but it took much work to keep the store running. The whole family worked hard at the store and the children worked hard at school.
But tragedy struck in 1925. Arthur died.
Richard was always a serious child. By the age of six, he was already reading the newspaper and talking politics with his father. He was a good public speaker, and by junior high school, he was a master debater. He tried his hardest to get the best grades in school. In 1926, he entered high school. He was very busy. He did his schoolwork, he studied, he helped with the store, he
Richard Nixon was in one of the most controversial issues that the United States has ever seen. The Watergate Scandal is now well known throughout history today. This issue led to Nixon resigning only 2 years in his 2nd term. Did President Nixon make the right decisions? Can anyone really trust the government after a situation like this? Some Historians believe that this changed the course of history, and that we can never truly trust the government again. While others believe that Nixon didn’t make the right decisions; however, this should not change the way the people look at our government. The government and the people need to keep a strong trust.
On an early morning in July of 1942, the Van Daans and Franks meet up for the first time at the annex. All of them are covered in layers of clothing to carry as much to their new home as possible. They are all introduced to each other. Living in the secret annex is Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Peter Van Daan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Margot, and Anne Frank. Mr. Van Daan is a selfish, greedy man. Mrs. Van Daan likes the finer things, thinks pretty highly of herself and adores her husband. Peter is shy, quiet, and just truly doesn’t say much. Mr. Frank is a kind, caring, leading man. Mrs. Frank is motherly, caring, and sweet. Margo does as others say and tries to keep a low-key profile. Anne is wild and unique. She doesn’t let others push her around, and she is very independent. Everyone in the annex is very different.
The McCourt family moved from New York to Ireland to look for a better way of living, to forget about their dead children, to try to have a regular life. Well, it didn’t work out. The father of the family was to caught up with drinking, instead of giving the money for the needs of the family, which would be just simple - food. When the father left to England to look for a job and never sent any money to his starving family Frank felt ob...
On January 9, 1913, on a little lemon ranch in Yorba Linda, California, Francis Nixon and Hannah Nixon gave birth to Richard Nixon. The eventual President Nixon was the second of five brothers whose early death of Harold and Arthur Nixon, would impact is life greatly in later years. After his father's lemon farm eventual failure in 1922, forcing them to move to Whittier, California, his family opened and worked at a gas station to get by.(nixonlibrary.gov).
In what grade was Ray when he moved out of his mother’s house? A: In seventh grade (p. 28)
Nixon is a very well-remembered president, however, he isn’t remembered for all the good things he did rather all the trouble he caused the country. Richard Nixon was born January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California to his parents Frank and Hannah Nixon. Nixon was the second of five kids. Richard’s father was a service station owner while his mom was a Quaker who had strongly influenced Nixon (Richard Nixon). Nixon went to Fullerton High School then later transferred to Whittier High School and ran for the student body president. He attended Whittier College and graduated in 1934. He then received a full scholarship to Duke University Law School in Durham, N.C. After completion of law school he returned to Whittier to begin practicing
Richard started working for the Office of Public Administration in January 1942. Here he helped to fight the threats of inflation and consumer shortages that were then being caused by the war. In August of 1942, Nixon joined the Navy. As a lieutenant, he was stationed in Iowa as a communications officer, even though Iowa was no where near the war. Later he was moved to New Zealand and took part in the invasion of Green Island. He was in the Navy for three and a half years. He then worked for the Pentagon before running for Congress. On November 6, 1950 Nixon won a seat in the Senate. From 1953 to 1960 Nixon served as our Vice President with Dwight D. Eisenho...
ended up dying before he reached the age of ten. He was taken care of by the oldest of his
Nixon enrolled at Whittier College in September 1930. In this college, Nixon pursued his interests in student government, drama, and football. Nixon won a scholarship to attend Duke University’s law school in May 1934. He was the president of the Student Bar Association. He graduated Duke University at June 1937. After Nixon finished his college education, he returned to Whittier and joined the law firm Wingert and Bewly. While Nixon was acting a rehearsal, named “The Dark Tower” for a community, he met his future wife Thelma Catherine Ryan, a schoolteacher. They got married on June 21, 1940 in the Presidential Suite of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. They had two daughter named Patricia and Julie. At January 1942, Nixons moved to Washington, D.C. and joined the Office of Price Administration. During Worl...
After his service in the navy, Nixon ran for a position in congress. He campaigned and told the people that Voorhis, his competitor, was a communist; he won the election without a doubt. Now as a U.S representative, he took charge of the Marshal Plan and other foreign aid programs (Page 434). Nixon was doing very well with his cases and was on the high point of his career, he then ran for U.S senator in 1950 and won by more than 700,000 votes (Page 435). During these elections, he accused his competitors for associating with communists; even though there were no true verifications on those accusations. The people saw him as strong, republican with good intentions for our country.
happy with his home life but the other two wish they had what Frank has as they’re jealous of Frank. Not saying Frank is a bad person, but he definitely isn’t grateful for what he has.
... the officials. The reverend helps Frank, by giving him money as well as shoes, because he was bare foot. Good Samaritans also help Frank by providing him with sumptuous clothing and bus fares to get hi m to his next destination. These smaller resolutions allowed Frank to accomplish is larger resolution to find his sister.
Both John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were elected to Congress in 46, a year in which the New Deal took a serious beating as the Republicans regained control of Congress on the slogan Had Enough? Nixon of course, had campaigned against incumbent Jerry Voorhis on an anti-New Deal platform, but it's often forgotten that when JFK first ran for the House in 1946, he differentiated himself from his Democratic primary opposition by describing himself as a fighting conservative. In private, Kennedy's antipathy to the traditional FDR New Deal was even more extensive. When Kennedy and Nixon were sworn in on the same day, both were already outspoken on the subject of the emerging Cold War. While running for office in 1946, Kennedy proudly told a radio audience of how he had lashed out against a left-wing group of Young Democrats for being naive on the subject of the Soviet Union, and how he had also attacked the emerging radical faction headed by Henry Wallace. Thus, when Kennedy entered the House, he was anything but progressive in his views of either domestic or foreign policy. It didn't take long for these two to form a friendship. Both were Navy men who had served in the South Pacific, and both saw themselves as occupying the vital center of their parties. Just as JFK lashed out against the New Deal and the radical wing of the Democratic party, so too did Richard Nixon distance himself from the right-wing of the Republican party. Nixon's support of Harry Truman's creation of NATO and the aid packages to Greece and Turkey meant rejecting the old guard isolationist bent of the conservative wing that had been embodied in Mr. Republican Senator Robert Taft. Indeed, when it came time for Nixon to back a nominee in 1948, his support went to the more centrist Thomas E. Dewey, and not to the conservative Taft. Kennedy decided to go into politics mainly because of the influence of his father. Joe Kennedy, Jr. had been killed in the European arena of World War II and so the political ambitions of the family got placed on the shoulders of John. Nixon, however, got involved in politics by chance. While celebrating the end of the war in New York, he received a telegram from an old family friend indicating that they needed someone to run against the Democrat Jerry Voorhis.
At school he met the love of his life Nancy Shotwell. Whenever he got to school early he would help girls bring their books to their lockers. The girls would think he would call him later but he never did, he just helped them for fun. But one day he helped the most “prettiest, feminine and nicest girl he’s ever seen”. However he never told her how much he loved her till homecoming, and asked her out. “At first a thought she might say no, but then she yelped yes”. It turns out that was the one he was going to marry. They got married December 27 1966 at only 20 years old.
with his parents “He was only nine, not old enough to be left alone in