Richard Nixon In 1969 Richard Nixon became the thirty seventh president of the United States It was a great accomplishment Nixon had come from a poor family He worked hard to earn success As president Nixon worked toward world peace He passed laws to improve life for Americans However Nixon made some bad decisions during his first term As a result Nixon became the first US president to resign from office
The 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon
Timeline 1913 On January 9 Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda California 1960 Nixon lost the presidential election to John F Kennedy on November 8 1952 Nixon was elected vice president under Dwight D Eisenhower on November 4 1969 On January 20 Nixon became the thirty seventh US president
The 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon 1972 Burglars broke into a Democratic office at the Watergate Hotel on June 17 Nixon was reelected on November 7 1973 Vice President Spiro T Agnew resigned on October 10 1974 Nixon resigned on August 9 Vice President Gerald Ford became president 1994 Richard Nixon died on April 22
