Richard Milhous Nixon - Biography Sivany Kathir On January 9th, 1913 in Yorba, Linda California, Frank and Hannah Milhous Nixon gave birth to their second child, Richard Milhous Nixon. The Nixon’s lived a very troubled life. Two of his brothers past away due to separate illnesses as Richard was a child and they lived a poor life. "We were poor, but the glory of it was we didn't know it." This impacted him in his childhood, especially in high school, in which he did excelled in school and was offered a Harvard scholarship, but had to reject due to living and travelling expenses. The went to Whittier College to study law, then received a full scholarship to Duke University Law School. After returned back to Whittier to practice law again, which …show more content…
You call the police and they come just in time to catch the criminals. A couple of days later after investigation, rumours come out that these 5 male spies were apart of President Nixon’s re-election campaign. This is exactly what happened in the Watergate complex in Washington District of Columbia. Nixon comes out a few days later and claims to have no relation to this scandal known as the “Watergate Scandal.” Richard Nixon and his vice president, Spiro Agnew convinced the public and got …show more content…
S. McGovern. Soon after that on the 5 men were found to be apart of Nixon's re-election campaign. They were shortly arrested for burglary, and wiretapping phones in order to get the Nixon back in White House and were hired by the Republican Party. Richard Nixon denied all claims, but secret tape recordings in the White House exposed Nixon for attempting to cover all criminal activities. On a televised committee trial, Nixon was accused of involvement of the cover up, illegal activities by his party and administration, and used federal agency to verbally abused his competition and much more. Over 7 people who The president did not want to comply with the legal process for the crime so he Before facing impeachment by Congress, Nixon decided to leave himself by resigning from Office on August 9th of 1974 and Gerald Ford took his place. This was the first resignment from office in American History. After this Richard and his wife, Thelma moved to New Jersey and lived a quiet life. Nixon passed away on April 22th, 1994, in Manhattan, New York due to a