Nixon attended Whittier College and Duke Law School. When World War II, broke out Nixon enlisted and served in the US Navy. On returning to California after the war, he was elected to the House of Representatives and then the Senate. He was selected by Eisenhower as his running mate in the 1952 election and became Vice President, a job he held for the eight years of Eisenhower's administration. He was defeated by John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election by the narrowest margin in US history. He ran again in 1968 and won decisively, becoming the 37th President. Nixon's administration saw America land the first man on the moon, the initiation of Strategic Arms Limitation, accord with China and the final peace accord with North Vietnam in 1973 which finally brought to a close American involvement in Vietnam; it was also marred by student protests and the death of four students at Kent State University. In June of 1972, a break-in was discovered at the Democrat's National Committee Headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington. Nixon denied any knowledge of the event and was re-elected by a landslide in November of that year. Slowly evidence was brought forward that linked Nixon and his staff to Watergate and he was forced to resign to avoid impeachment. He left office on August 8, 1974 and was succeeded by Vice President Gerald Ford. |
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