https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed A biography based on Nixon en-us 2019-11-21 17:11:07 UTC 2019-11-24 18:31:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30a.png ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415389960 Richard Milhous Nixon]]> 2019-11-22 17:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415389960 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415392070 He was born in Yorba Linda, CA on January 9th, 1918]]> 2019-11-22 17:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415392070 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415394043 He loved school, many people from his childhood said he was an extremely bright student. After school he joined the Navy ]]> 2019-11-22 17:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415394043 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415859128 He married Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon on  June 21, 1940 and had two children; Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox]]> 2019-11-24 17:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415859128 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415861151 He attended Whittier College and studied law.]]> 2019-11-24 17:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415861151 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415862727 He served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign. Before that, Nixon was a Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from California and the 36th Vice President of the United States (from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight Eisenhower).]]> 2019-11-24 17:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415862727 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415863718 November 5, 1968 but went into office on January 20, 1969]]> 2019-11-24 18:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415863718 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415864272 He promised to restore law and order to the nation's cities and provide new leadership in the Vietnam War.]]> 2019-11-24 18:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415864272 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415864673 Nixon's the One! Vote Like Your Whole World Depended on It]]> 2019-11-24 18:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415864673 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415866004 January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974]]> 2019-11-24 18:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415866004 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415866406 Nixon had two vice presidents. The first one was Spigo Agnew and the second was Gerald Ford]]> 2019-11-24 18:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415866406 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415867330 Republican]]> 2019-11-24 18:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415867330 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415868169 A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington on June 17, 1972 was carried out under the direction of White House employees. Disclosure of the White House involvement in the break-in and subsequent cover-up forced President Nixon to resign in 1974 to avoid impeachment.]]> 2019-11-24 18:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415868169 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415868444 2019-11-24 18:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415868444 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415869074 Nixon’s mother insisted he practice on the family’s upright piano every afternoon, and in the seventh grade he was sent 200 miles away to take lessons with his aunt, who had studied at the Indianapolis Conservatory of Music. Although he never learned to read music, Nixon could also play the saxophone, clarinet, accordion and violin

]]> 2019-11-24 18:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415869074 ltaylo9254 https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415869533 One of Nixon’s favorite pastimes in the White House was bowling. He’d even bowl a few frames dressed in his suit. In addition to using the alley in the adjacent Old Executive Office Building, Nixon had another one-lane alley built in the basement beneath the North Portico entrance to the White House.]]> 2019-11-24 18:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ltaylo9254/iwz7wn5csqed/wish/415869533