Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969–1974 and was also the 36th Vice President of the United States. Nixon was the only President to resign the office and also the only individual to be chosen twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. Nixon was born in the Yorba Linda, California, USA. After finishing his scholar work at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 and returned to California to practice law in La Habra.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he attached the United States Navy, serving in the Pacific theater, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant leader during Second World War. He was chosen in 1946 as a Republican to the House of Representatives representing California's 12th Congressional district, and in 1950 to the United States Senate. He was selected to be the organization mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party candidate, in the 1952 Presidential election, becoming one of the youngest Vice Presidents in history.
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