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=Richard Nixon= toc Richard Nixon was born in California on January 9,1913 and died April 22, 1994 in New York City. He was a republican and the 37th president of the United States. His original occupation before becoming president was a lawyer. His motivation in becoming a lawyer was the Tea Pot Dome Scandal. Richard's religion was a Quaker and attended Whittier College and Duke University School of Law. He was an important figure in presidential history.

Early Life
Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. He grew up in a poverty atmosphere and twice in his childhood he almost died from sickness. His early education was in public schools. He attended Fullerton high school until his junior year when he transferred to Whittier High School in 1930. He attended Whittier College with a class of eighty five and in 1934 was second to graduate. Nixon was President of the Student Body. He then went to Duke University School of Law and when graduating from there in 1937, he practiced law in Whittier for a while. In 1940, he joined a company that manufactured frozen orange juice but it failed within two years. Nixon also joined the Navy in 1942 and rose from a lieutenant junior position to lieutenant commander. He e served in the Pacific working with Logistics. To do this you have to be very skilled at strategy and complex operations so this was a foreshadowing of his impending presidency. Nixon had a very boldy educated childhood up unti his final graduation at law school. He gained good experience in the war and having all this under his bealt surely helped him in his elected years as President.

Richard Nixon, 39 at the time, in 1953 was selected as the republican party nominee by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. In September after the republican convention that announced his vice presidency, the New York Post made an article claiming that Nixon was receiving other funds for his personal expProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 roxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 es during the campaign. Many told Eisenhower%Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 he should drop Nixon from the campaign but he didn't just yet because he knew he would be unlikely to win without Richard Nixon. Nixon then responded that it was not a secret fund and it was only produced for political purposes. He made a speech defending himself and won back everyone's respect and kept himself on the ticket. As vice president, he expanded the office into an important post. Even though he lacked major power, he and his wife made many foreign trips and still made a big positive effect on America when serving this vice presidency.

World War Two Service
Nixon was assigned to the United States Navy in August 1942. He was trained at the Naval Air Station Quonset Point in Rhode Island. Then seven months later, he was assigned to Ottumwa Naval Air Station in Iowa. He was then reassigned to naval passenger control officer for the South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command. He worked with and supported logistics of operations. Nixon requested more challenging duties so after his requests, the Navy granted him command of cargo handling units. After the handling of these duties Nixon returned to the United States with two service stars, although he was never active in any combat. After his return, he became the administrative officer of the Alameda Naval Air Station. In October 1945, he was promoted to lieutenant commander, but then he resigned.

Presidency
Nixon was inaugurated on January 20, 1969. His inaugural speech was reviewed positively where he quote said, "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker". He already had a major conflict to deal with, the Vietnam War. When Nixon took office, 300 soldiers a week were dying in the Vietnam War. Later on in the progress of the war Nixon approved a secret bombing campaign of North Vietnamese positions in Cambodia in March 1969. The U.S Air Force considered the bombings a success. In July 1969, the Nixons visited South Vietnam, where Nixon met with his U.S. military commanders and President Nguyen Van Thieu. They discussed issues going on currently in the war. Then, after years of bombings and threats, the war ended. The Treaty of Paris ended the Vietnam War.

Conclusion
Richard Nixon will always be a famous president that definitely made an effect in presidential history. Even though people may have remembered him as a negative figure in his last term, he had some successful runs. He had great background as a child growing up and knew his priorities and accomplished him. His objective was to get experience in war and strategy and he did which later helped him as a president who really had to know strategy as a result of the war. Regardless of his negative experiences with people and things in his presidency, Nixon was a very smart man who gained respect from the people at times and will never be forgotten in presidential history.