Washington, DC., USA, 1990 Former President Richard Milhous Nixon. Along with Congressman David Dreier (R) CA. who was escorting him around the hill that day. Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a Republican Representative and Senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Nixon was elected in California to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. Credit: Mark Reinstein
Washington, DC. 1990 Former President Richard Milhous Nixon. Along with Congressman David Dreier (R) CA. who was escorting him around the hill that day. Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a Republican Representative and Senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Nixon was elected in California to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. His pursuit of the Alger Hiss case established his reputation as a leading anti-communist, and elevated him to national prominence. He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1952 election. Nixon served for eight years as vice president. He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and lost a race for Governor of California in 1962. In 1968, he ran again for the presidency and was elected. Although Nixon initially escalated America's involvement in the Vietnam War, he subsequently ended involvement by 1973. Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened communications between the two nations and eventually led to the normalization of diplomatic relations. He initiated dŽtente and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union the same year. Domestically, his administration generally embraced policies that transferred power from Washington to the states. Among other things, he launched initiatives to fight cancer and illegal drugs, imposed wage and price controls, enforced desegregation of Southern schools, implemented environmental reforms, and introduced legislation to reform healthcare and welfare. Though he presided over the lunar landings beginning with Apollo 11, he replaced manned space exploration with shuttle missions. He was re-elected by a landslide in 1972. Nixon's secon
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