| |  NIXON:
See also
George
Nixon Briggs —
John
Fletcher Bruton —
Nixon
Campbell, Sr. —
Lawrence
Smith Church —
Frank
B. Desnoyers —
Charles
Burton Santee —
Joseph
Seaborn Stone —
Walter
Moore Tapley, Jr. —
Nixon
Wheat |
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Nixon, Audrey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
2000,
2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Nixon, C. R. —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Republican. Oklahoma
Republican state chair, 1945.
Still living as of 1945.
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| | Nixon, Carl
See T. Carl Nixon |
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Nixon, Carol —
of Utah.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Utah, 1992.
Female.
Still living as of 1992.
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Nixon, Charles H.
(1876-1958) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph
County, Ind., January
15, 1876.
Republican. Farmer; Wexford
County Sheriff, 1921-24, 1929-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1937-42.
Died in 1958
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara L. Stewart (died 1960). |
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Nixon, Debra —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Nixon, Earl F. —
of Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Dakota, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Nixon, Eugene —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Nixon, Mrs. F. E. —
of Fort Sumner, DeBaca
County, N.M.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1924.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Nixon,
Frederick See Samuel Frederick
Nixon |
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Nixon, George Stuart
(1860-1912) —
also known as George S. Nixon —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newcastle, Placer
County, Calif., April 2,
1860.
Son of John H. Nixon and Mary Ann (Estill) Nixon.
Republican. President, First National Bank
(Winnemucca, Nev.), Nixon National Bank (Reno,
Nev.), and Tonopah Banking
Corp.; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1890; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1905-12; died in office 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1908,
1912.
Died June 5,
1912 (age 52 years, 64
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Nixon, Grace M. —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Helen —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
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Nixon, Hetherington (b.
1859) —
Born in England,
May
13, 1859.
Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1896-1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Hezekiah —
of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa.
Mayor
of Allegheny, Pa., 1844-45.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, J. C. —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Nixon, Jack —
of Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.
Republican. Mayor
of Princeton, Ind., 1980-84.
Still living as of 1984.
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Nixon, James H. —
of Cumberland
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1865-68;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Cumberland County, 1869-71.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, James L. —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 50th District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Nixon, Jay
See Jeremiah W. Nixon |
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Nixon, Jeremiah W. —
also known as Jay Nixon —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1988, 1998; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Nixon, John E. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Nixon, John Thompson
(1820-1889) —
also known as John T. Nixon —
of Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1820.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1849-50;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1859-63.
Died in 1889
(age about
69 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.
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Nixon, Joseph Henry —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Nixon, Kemp Battle (b.
1883) —
also known as Kemp B. Nixon —
of Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., August
12, 1883.
Son of Alfred Nixon and Iola Jane (Robinson) Nixon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1931, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Lee —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Puerto Rico, 1920,
1924.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Lewis (1861-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., April 7,
1861.
Son of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon.
Democrat. Designed battleships
for the U.S. Navy; later, proprietor of shipyards;
president or owner of manufacturing
firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1932.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died September
23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, February 1902 |
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Nixon, Martin E. —
of New York.
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1976.
Still living as of 1976.
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Nixon, Norman —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Nixon, P. E. —
of Morgan
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state senate 15th District, 1923-26.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Pat (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March 16,
1912.
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan.
Republican. School
teacher; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
The Pat Nixon Elementary School in Cerritos, California, is named for
her.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Nixon, R. H. —
of Newport, Vermillion
County, Ind.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1888.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Richard —
of Hogeland, Blaine
County, Mont.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Nixon, Richard Milhous
(1913-1994) —
also known as Richard M. Nixon; "Tricky
Dick"; "Searchlight" —
of Whittier, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Yorba Linda, Orange
County, Calif., January
9, 1913.
Son of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 12th District, 1947-50; U.S.
Senator from California, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1952,
1956;
Vice
President of the United States, 1953-61; President
of the United States, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for Governor of
California, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964.
Quaker.
Member, American
Legion.
Discredited by the Watergate scandal,
as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974,
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of
impeachment against him, over obstruction
of justice, abuse
of power, and contempt
of Congress; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly
implicated
him in the Watergate
break-in; with impeachment certain, he resigned;
pardoned
in 1974 by President Gerald
R. Ford.
Died, from a stroke, at
New
York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 22,
1994 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon (1878-1956) and Hannah (Milhous)
Nixon (1885-1967); married, June 21,
1940, to Thelma Catherine Ryan; father
of Julie Nixon (granddaughter-in-law of Dwight
David Eisenhower; daughter-in-law of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower). See Eisenhower-Nixon
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: Maurice
H. Stans — John
H. Holdridge — Clark
MacGregor — Harry
L. Sears — Harry S.
Dent — Christian
A. Herter, Jr. — John
N. Mitchell — G.
Bradford Cook — Raymond
Moley — Patrick
J. Buchanan — Nils
A. Boe — Murray
M. Chotiner — Richard
Blumenthal |
| | | Campaign slogan (1968): "Nixon's the
One!" |
| | | Epitaph: "The greatest honor history
can bestow is the title of peacemaker." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Richard M. Nixon: RN
: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) — Beyond
Peace (1994) — 1999:
Victory Without War (1988) — Leaders
(1982) — Memoirs —
Six
Crises (1962) — The
Challenges We Face (1960) — In
the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal
(1990) — No
More Vietnams (1985) — The
Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon (1974) — Real
Peace (1984) — The
Real War (1980) — Seize
The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World
(1992) |
| | | Books about Richard M. Nixon: Melvin
Small, The
Presidency of Richard Nixon — Joan Hoff, Nixon
Reconsidered — Jonathan Aitken, Nixon
: A Life — Garry Wills, Nixon
Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man — Thomas
Monsell, Nixon
on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in
Films, Television, Plays and Opera — Stephen E.
Ambrose, Nixon
: Education of a Politician, 1913-1962 — Richard
Reeves, President
Nixon: Alone in the White House — Roger Morris, Richard
Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician —
Robert Mason, Richard
Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority — Jules
Witcover, Very
Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon
& Spiro Agnew |
| | | Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Lance Morrow,
The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power |
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Nixon, Robert —
of Eaton
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County 1st District,
1865-66.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Nixon, S.
Frederick See Samuel Frederick
Nixon |
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Nixon, Samuel (b. 1819) —
of Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1819.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County 1st District,
1877-78; supervisor
of Delta Township, Michigan, 1879-80.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Samuel Frederick
(1860-1905) —
also known as S. Frederick Nixon —
of Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., December
3, 1860.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly, 1888-90, 1894-1905 (Chautauqua County 1st
District 1888-90, Chautauqua County 1894-95, Chautauqua County 2nd
District 1896-1905); died in office 1905; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1899-1905; died in office 1905;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
10, 1905 (age 44 years, 311
days).
Interment at Westfield
Cemetery, Westfield, N.Y.
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Nixon, T. Carl —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Republican. Presidential Elector for New York, 1952,
1956.
Still living as of 1956.
|
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Nixon, T. D. —
of Liberty
County, Fla.
Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Liberty County,
1865.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, William M. —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Nixon, William M. —
of Georgia.
Georgia
state auditor, 1976-.
Still living as of 1976.
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Nixon, William Penn —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nixon, Zachary T. —
of Corsica, Douglas
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 8th District, 1911-14.
Burial
location unknown.
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