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Richard Milhous Nixon served as the thirty-seventh president of the United States from 1969 to August of 1974. He became the first U.S. president to resign from office, avoiding certain impeachment by Congress for his role in the Watergate scandal. As...

Although Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) successfully served as a member of the House of Representatives and of the Senate and was vice president under Dwight Eisenhower, the thirty-seventh president of the United States will probably best be...

(b. January 9, 1913, d. April 22, 1994) Thirty-seventh United States president of the United States (1969–1974). As a Republican congressman, senator, vice president, president, author, and advisor, Richard M. Nixon played a central role in...

In a move that astonished the world, in July 1971 President Nixon announced his intent to visit the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1972 and hence initiate the normalization of Sino-American relations. Japan, the United States's...

Richard Nixon is the only president to resign as the nation's chief executive. Facing charges of misconduct in office for his involvement in the Watergate scandal, Nixon chose to resign rather than undergo a lengthy impeachment trial. (Impeachment is...

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. Prior to being elected President, Nixon served as the thirty-sixth Vice President of the...

Abigail Wisse Forward 04-29-1994 Richard Nixon. One feature of President Nixon's personality that caught our imagination is that he was a poker player. Unlike the lesser games -- chess, say -- poker is not so much a challenge to the intellect as...

IN SEARCH OF NIXON NO MAN ALIVE has had as long, as important or as controversial a political career as Richard M. Nixon. Numerous books have been written about him over the years, but recently there has been a flowering of Nixon...

George Allen's tenure in the U.S. Senate ended abruptly last fall with his defeat by Jim Webb. However, let's not write Allen's political obituary just yet. Sure, it was a disappointing loss for Allen, who, just four months prior, seemed like a cinch to win overwhelming re-election and...

THE INVINCIBLE QUEST: THE LIFEOF RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON By Conrad BlackMcClelland & Stewart, 1,152 pages, $45 Â NIXON AND KISSINGER: PARTNERSIN POWER By Robert DallekHarperCollins, 740 pages, $32.50 Â VERY STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: THESHORT AND UNHAPPY MARRIAGE OFRICHARD NIXON AND SPIRO AGNEW By Jules WitcoverPublicAffairs, 412...

A combination of contributing factors led to Richard Nixon's decision to resign from the presidency. The very existence of the Watergate scandal, a key event in Nixon's downfall, can be attributed to his overwhelming paranoia and his legitimate belief that some of his political enemies were evildoers. To overcome these enemies, he felt that he needed use any and every political weapon at his disposal to secure his place as president, with no regard to the legality of such measures. Nixon also believed that

My essay is about some of the major points of Richard Nixon's life, including the Watergate Scandal.

An in-depth article of Richard Milhous Nixon's term as President of the United States.