Richard Nixon once said ”When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”Richard Nixon Quotes. Web. 26 Apr. 2017. Do you believe this quote from Richard Nixon? Richard Nixon was becoming America's favorite. He won his re-election by 503 electoral votes. Later, an investigation occurred leading to Nixon becoming the first president to resign. (History: Civil War to the Present. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Print.) Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. In his early years, his family was very poor. They owned a ranch that they could not make payments on and had to sell it in 1922. They all joined together and worked at a family owned gas station to be able to pay bills and support their whole family. When Richard was 5, his brother, Arthur Nixon, died at age 7 of tubercular encephalitis. Later, Nixon was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Many people in Richards family suffered from tuberculosis and unfortunately, the terrible disease killed several of them. Later, during college, Richard found himself interested in politics. Nixon would later go on to become the 37th …show more content…
It corrupted the election of 1972 and Nixon's second term of presidency. The Watergate Scandal occurred on June 17, 1972 when 5 men were arrested at one of the Watergate buildings. The 5 men arrested were James McCord, Virgilio Gonzales, Frank Sturgis, Eugenio Martinez, and Bernard Barker. They got arrested for trying to wiretap phones and for trying to steal secret documents. They were also hiding microphones in tubes of lipstick or chapstick. "Watergate Scandal." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 May 2017. Web. 05 May 2017.Investigations took place and as the police, CIA, and FBI dug farther in, they figured out that President Nixon could be involved in the burglary as well.History.com Staff. "Watergate Scandal." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 21 Apr.