<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913--April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so . He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as a U.S. Representative and also Senator from California . </P> <P> 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 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, becoming the second - youngest vice president in history at age 40 . 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 for the presidency again and was elected, defeating incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey . </P>

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