US President of United States RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON Inauguration Medal i57044

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Presidential Inauguration Medal
Richard Milhous Nixon – U.S. President: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
70mm (170.27 grams) Circa 1969
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON, Bust of Richard Nixon facing three-quarters to right.
37TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INAUGURATED JANUARY 20TH 1969, 
Presidential Seal.

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Richard 
Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the
37th President of the United States
, serving 
from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office. 
Nixon had previously served as a
U.S. Representative
and
Senator
from California and as the
36th Vice President of the United States
from 
1953 to 1961.

Nixon was born in
Yorba Linda, California
. After completing his 
undergraduate studies at
Whittier College
, he graduated from
Duke University School of Law
in 1937 and 
returned to California to practice law. He and his wife,
Pat Nixon
, moved to Washington in 1942 to work 
for the
federal government
. He subsequently served on 
active duty in the
U.S. Navy Reserve
during
World War II
. Nixon was elected to the
House of Representatives
in
1946
and to the
Senate
in
1950
. His pursuit of the
Hiss Case
established his reputation as a 
leading anti-communist, and elevated him to national prominence. He was the
running mate
of
Dwight D. Eisenhower
, the Republican Party 
presidential nominee in the
1952 election
. Nixon served for eight years as
vice president
. He waged an unsuccessful
presidential campaign in 1960
, narrowly losing 
to
John F. Kennedy
, and lost a race for
Governor of California
to
Pat Brown
in
1962
. In
1968
he ran again for the presidency and was
elected
when he defeated
Hubert Humphrey
.

Nixon ended American involvement in the
war in Vietnam
in 1973 and brought the American
POWs
home. At the same time, he ended
military draft
.
Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China
 
in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he initiated
détente
and the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
with the Soviet 
Union the same year. His administration generally transferred power from 
Washington to the states. He imposed wage and price controls for a period of 
ninety days, enforced
desegregation
of Southern schools and 
established the
Environmental Protection Agency
. Nixon also 
presided over the
Apollo 11
moon landing, which signaled the end 
of the
moon race
. He was
reelected
by one of the largest landslides in 
U.S. history in
1972
, when he defeated
George McGovern
.

The year 1973 saw
an Arab oil embargo
, gasoline rationing, and a 
continuing series of revelations about the
Watergate scandal
. The scandal escalated, 
costing Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned 
in the face of almost certain
impeachment
and removal from office. After his 
resignation, he was issued a pardon by his successor,
Gerald Ford
. In retirement, Nixon’s work 
writing several books and undertaking of many foreign trips helped to 
rehabilitate his image. He suffered a debilitating stroke on April 18, 1994, and
died four days later
at the age of 81.