Encyclopedia Of Presidents: Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal left no doubt to his involvement of being impeached. During the Nixon Administration, he was able to prevent colleges from being gender biased and allowing both male and female to have equal opportunity and receiving financial aid as well as competing in sports. He was able to establish the Environmental Protection Agency. He also worked to create a relationship between the U.S and the Middle East. Unfortunately, even with all of the accomplishments, he was able to have, everyone will remember Richard Nixon as the president who was involved in the Watergate scandal. The Watergate scandal left an asterisk by his legacy while being in the office, the results left him with having to resign and with him facing criminal charges as well, the Scandal became well known to the public in the summer of 1974. Through my essay, I will discuss why I am intrigued by the Watergate scandal, and discuss what if Richard Nixon never got caught on the audio tape?

Johnson and Nixon had different styles in their presidential seat in which shows their differences in their approaches for foreign and domestic policies. Johnson had an ambitious and overbearing political

So, who exactly was the Richard Nixon? In a very broad sense, he was the 37th president of the United States. Before his tenure as the 37th president, according to Conrad Black, “Richard Nixon, under his father’s influence, was already interested in politics, and already a Republican,” by 1920 (11). Likewise, Nixon’s early interest in politics that would lead to his election as a California congressman, in 1946, and sequentially, a state Senator, in 1950. Like many other US presidents, Richard Nixon had a rich history in politics before winning the presidency. But unlike other presidents, Nixon already had controversy surrounding him before he ever reached the oval office. In 1952, Nixon was amidst rumors of questionable funding,

Nixon grew up to be a statuesque young man who found employment working as a Pullman porter toward the beginning of the 1920s. His mother died when he was just a boy. And later he lived in Montgomery as a teen. He was well known for interceding on behalf of those who asked

Richard 's father, Frank Nixon, was born in Ohio. His mother died when he was

That was also the year his first daughter Tricia was born. Two years later he won a seat in the Senate and his wife Pat gave birth to their second daughter, Julie. Nixon was now on his way to becoming Vice-President of the United States and his political career was taking off.

President Richard M. Nixon’s administration had to face many international and domestic challenges in the United States between 1968 and 1974, some positive and some negative. His achievements in expanding peaceful relationships with both China and the Soviet Union are contrastingly different with his continuation of the Vietnam War. In the end, Nixon’s scandals and abuse of presidential power caught up to him, and his administration did much to corrode America’s faith in the government.

Richard Nixon, though created a large credibility gap within the US, he accomplished a lot for the country. He served five years in the presidential office as a republican (1969-1974), and he was the only president to resign from office in history. Although through his presidency he had accomplished many things, such as creating revenue sharing, ending the draft, and creating anticrime laws, he still had a rough time rebuilding his reputation after many assumptions of corruption in his office. Though he never admittedly pledged guilty to his crimes of taking government funds for his own personal gain, there was proof that he was. After the Watergate scandal, the American people set their mind to believe what the proof led to, so Nixon’s

Nixon was accused of accepting a gift from the wealthy Republicans. Then Eisenhower and Richard was reelected. But when he ran against John F. Kennedy he lost. Then he also lost the election for the governor of California.After a period of time was elected to be president of the united states. Secretly Richard Nixon had bomb the the North Vietnam’s supply routes in Cambodia and Laos.Where he killed many innocent people,and also that was including four students during antiwar protest.When Nixon announces that he will visit People’s Republic of China it stunned many people.Then Nixon daughter Patricia got married to a man named Edward Cox.When Nixon got back from visiting China from open relations between the two countries.He became the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union.Richard Nixon had the biggest feast of all presidents.During the time Richard Nixon was the first person to visit Egypt. Then Richard move to New Jersey .After he moved to New Jersey he wrote four more books.Richard sold a lot more than 300,000 books. When Pat died Richard Nixon died a year later.Then they laid him to rest in his birth place in California..

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He served from 1969 to 1974 becoming the only U.S. president to step down from office. Nixon was born on January 9,1913 in Yorba Linda, California. He graduated from Whittier High School second in his class and was offered a scholarship to attend Harvard. Due to the fact that his parents could not afford the travel fees and living expenses, he went to a more local college, Whittier College. Here he earned the reputation of a challenging debater, a standout in college drama productions, and a successful athlete. Having graduated from Whittier College in 1934, Nixon received a full scholarship to attend Duke University Law School in Durham, North Carolina. After graduation, Nixon returned to his hometown, Whittier, to practice law at Kroop & Bewley. He soon met Thelma Catherine Ryan, a teacher and amateur actress, after the two were cast in the same play at a local community theatre. The couple married in 1940 and went on to have two daughters, Tricia and Julie. In January 1942 Richard Nixon and his wife moved to Washington D.C. and he joined the U.S navy during World War II. Nixon ran for congress after the war and his opponent was Jerry Voorhis. Nixon was elected and was apart of the House of american activities committee. In 1950, Nixon ran for the U.S senate and won, two years later general Dwight Eisenhower chose Nixon as his vice presidential running mate, in 1952 they won the election and won again in

“No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency — a nation I so deeply love and an institution I so greatly respect.” - Richard Nixon (“President Ford Pardons Richard Nixon”). On August 8, 1974 the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon was pardoned for the Watergate Scandal by President Ford. The Watergate Scandal was where four burglars were arrested for wiretapping and stealing documents from the Democratic National Committee, that was believed to be tied in with President Richard Nixon. President Ford was not justified for pardoning Richard Nixon in the event of the Watergate Scandal because, evidence was recovered from tapes in the White House, Richard Nixon resigned from Presidency Shortly following, and Nixon also tried to fire a lawyer investigating on the scandal, a special prosecutor appointed by the attorney general who was investigating on the scandal.

A president is truly affective when he is able to get his policy agenda through Congress. For him to do this, however, it is paramount that he is supported by a majority of the public. When a president is unpopular with the public, Congress will have little incentive to pass his agenda, since doing so will potentially have negative consequences (i.e. not winning reelection). It is also important that the president possess high negotiation skills in getting his agenda passed. A president who oversteps his role, will face a harsh backlash from the public and Congress, which proved to be the downfall of President Richard Nixon. Nixon had a significant amount of experience in government before becoming president, which ultimately influenced how domestic policy, economic policy, and foreign policy was shaped during his tenure.

Scandal! I am not a crook, Watergate, impeachment, resignation, one final “two handed V”; which president comes to mind? President Richard M. Nixon was a visionary leader; but an unethical leader. This paper will examine two visionary leadership traits of President Nixon, two unethical leadership skills of Nixon and then look to my own career for two personal examples of visionary and two unethical leadership skills I portrayed. Nixon’s visionary leadership was on display when it came to dealing with Communist countries and recession on the home front. By using the full range leadership (FRL) process of contingent reward, Nixon focused relations with China to establish common political grounds. Using cognitive adaptability, Nixon was able to reign in the 1970’s recession. He applied FRL tactics to push his agenda towards politics and economic policy. But, Nixon’s unethical leadership trait, drive for success, led to the Watergate Scandal. Also, he failed to use the reasoning element of implication when he discharged the Special Prosecutor of the Watergate investigation. After discussing President Nixon’s visionary but unethical leadership, I’ll apply these same principles to myself by showing examples of how I used contingent reward and cognitive adaptability techniques in my Air Force career. Finally, I’ll discuss how drive for success

Richard Nixon's presidency is one of the most examined, analyzed and discussed, yet least understood, of all the American administrations in history. While many factors still remain to be discovered, and many mysteries are left to be resolved, we need to do the best that we can to make sense of this secretive president of our past and his era. He is the one American figure about whom very few people don't have strong feelings for. Nixon is loved and hated, honored and mocked . The term 'Watergate', labeled by Congress in 1974, stands for not only the burglary, but also for the numerous instances of officially sanctioned criminal activity and abuses of power as well as the obstruction of justice that preceded the actual break-in.

On January of 1938, Nixon met Pat Ryan in a cast for the Whittier Community Players Production of the Dark Tower and Richard described seeing her as a case of “love at first sight.” Two years later after they met and dated, they married and had two daughters named Tricia and Julie. In January of 1942, the family moved to Washington D.C. and Nixon took a job in the Office of Price Administration; however, he did not like the position he was assigned to and then enlisted in the United States Navy and was inducted in August of 1942. Still the position he was given did not provide much action so he requested a transfer and was then sent to become an officer of the South Pacific supply corp. after completing Officers CAndidate School. Due to his service, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and earned two stars even when he had not seen actual combat. aFterwards he was transferred from office to office working on contracts and multiple commendations. He resigned at New Year’s Day in