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Learn more: 37 facts about President Nixon. Richard Nixon Biography, the 37th President of the United States was born on January 9, 1913 in a small farmhouse in Yorba Linda, California.
Richard M. Nixon served as president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. Nixon attempted to extricate the United States from the ongoing war in Vietnam with limited success. Although his administration negotiated a cease-fire in 1973, in 1975 North Vietnam overran the South and united the country under a communist government.
Richard M. Nixon, (born Jan. 9, 1913, Yorba Linda, Calif., U.S.—died April 22, 1994, New York, N.Y.), 37th president of the U.S. (1969–74). He studied law at Duke University and practiced in California (1937–42). After serving in World War II, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1946). As a member of the House Un-American ...
