BIRTHDAY OF PRESIDENT NIXON
Yorba Linda, California (JFK+50) On January 9, 1913, the 37th President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, was born here in Yorba Linda. According to Robert Lyons, docent at the Nixon Library, the future POTUS's early days were "in every way...a typical farm life."
The
house in which RMN was born was built by his father, Frank Nixon, in
1912. He put the 900 square foot home together from a kit. In 1922, after the failure of their citrus ranch, the Nixons moved to Whittier where Frank ran a grocery store and gas station.
Richard Nixon attended Whittier College where he became a champion debater and then went on to Duke Law School where he graduated third in his class in 1937.
Nixon married Pat Ryan in 1940 and the couple had two daughters, Tricia and Julie. Mr. Nixon served in the US Navy in WWII and after the war was elected to the United States Congress.
On January 3, 1947, RMN was sworn in as a member of the 80th Congress of the United States. Nixon was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1950. After serving 8 years as VPOTUS with Dwight D. Eisenhower, he was narrowly defeated by Senator John F. Kennedy for the presidency. In 1968, he once again won the Republican nomination and went on to defeat Hubert H. Humphrey and become the 37th POTUS.
SOURCE
"Nixon birthplace hits 100 years," by Michael Mello, June 12, 2012, The Orange County Register, www.ocregister.com/
Birthplace of Richard M. Nixon
Yorba Linda, California
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