Nixon

            "Once a man has been in politics, once that's been in his life, he will always return if the people want him." (Richard M. Nixon).
             Richard Nixon's the thirty seventh president of United States (1969-1974), was born in Yorba-Linda, CA in 1913. Nixon had a brilliant record at Whittier College and Duke University Law school before the beginning the practice of law. In 1940 He married Patricia Ryan; they had two daughters. During World Ware II, Nixon served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific. On leaving the service, he was asked by Republicans to run for a seat in California's 12th congressional district in the House of Representatives. He won the primary and defeated Jerry Vorhees, a New Deal Democratic incumbent, in the genera; election of 1946. In that year Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time since 1930.
             During Nixon's campaign against Vorhees, he accused Vorhees of accepting money from a communist-dominated political action committee. This tactic, known as "red Baiting", was effective in the late 1940s and early 1950s because the American public had become frightened of the communist menace. In 1950 Nixon utilized similar tactics in running for the U.S Senate against Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas. He won easily.
             Two years later, General Eisenhower selected Nixon, age 39, to be his running mate. In the election Eisenhower and Nixon overwhelmed the Democrats. Nixon became the second youngest vice president in U.S history and actively used the office to further his political ambitions.
             As Vice President, Nixon took on major duties in the Eisenhower Administration. Nominated for President by acclamation in 1960, he lost by a narrow margin to Democratic senator, John F. Kennedy. .
             In 1962 Nixon was persuaded to seek the governorship of California but was defeated by Governor Pat Brown.
             Nixon then left for New York city and became a partner with a big time Wall Street legal firm.