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The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Nixon

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Desnoyers</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#023.46.80">James Hemphill</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#977.22.06">Frank Edward Moss</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanger-sargeant.html#723.10.96">Charles Burton Santee</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#657.05.45">Joseph Seaborn Stone</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#617.32.22">Walter Moore Tapley Jr.</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyke.html#766.88.23">Nicholas Van Dyke</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyke.html#635.31.97">Nicholas Van Dyke</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whatley-wheelan.html#718.97.73">Nixon Wheat</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="162.38.70">Nixon, Audrey</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IL.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IL.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="693.48.59">Nixon, C. R.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OK.html">Oklahoma Republican state chair</a>, 1945. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nixon, Carl</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#154.88.74">T. Carl Nixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="532.19.65">Nixon, Carol</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Utah. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Utah. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="230.92.18">Nixon, Charles H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 22nd District, 1899-1902. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14171">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="602.22.79">Nixon, Charles H.</a> (1876-1958)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Cadillac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WX-lived.html">Wexford County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SJ-born.html">St. Joseph County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/01-15.html">January 15, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WX-officials.html">Wexford County Sheriff</a>, 1921-24, 1929-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wexford District, 1937-42. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/index.html">1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WX-buried.html#cms06985">Maple Hill Cemetery</a>, Cadillac, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Clara L. Stewart.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="881.56.44">Nixon, Debra</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MI.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/photos/large/N/Nixon_Drew_76.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/293/24.59.jpg" width=70 height=117 border=0 alt="Drew Nixon"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="293.24.59">Nixon, Drew</a> (b. 1959)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Carthage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PN-lived.html">Panola County</a>, Tex. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/11-21.html">November 21, 1959</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate sales</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">accountant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 3rd District, 1995-2000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in February 1997, after he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">offered money</a> to a police officer posing as a prostitute; a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/weapons.html">loaded revolver</a> was found under the seat of his car, though he had no concealed hangun permit; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">pleaded guilty</a> and sentenced to six months in jail. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Still living as of 2000. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=85425">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href=" http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=28">Texas Legislators Past & Present</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Texas Legislative Reference Library</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="707.42.25">Nixon, Earl F.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Milbank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/GR-lived.html">Grant County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/SD.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="524.13.51">Nixon, Eugene</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/NY.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="649.21.87">Nixon, Eugene L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Madison County, 1914. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="906.24.32">Nixon, Mrs. F. E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Fort Sumner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/DB-lived.html">DeBaca County</a>, N.M. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NM.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nixon, Frederick</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#666.01.16">Samuel Frederick Nixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="334.80.92">Nixon, George R.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Ashland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HV-lived.html">Hanover County</a>, Va. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ashland.html#2">Ashland, Va.</a>, 1894-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="704.18.73">Nixon, George Stuart</a> (1860-1912)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>George S. Nixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Winnemucca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/HU-lived.html">Humboldt County</a>, Nev.; Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Born in Newcastle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-born.html">Placer County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-02.html">April 2, 1860</a>. Republican. President, First National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Winnemucca, Nev.), Nixon National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> (Reno, Nev.), and Tonopah <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banking</a> Corp.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/sthse.html">Nevada state house of representatives</a>, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1905-12; died in office 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NV.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NV.html">1912</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-05.html">June 5, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-buried.html#cms01162">Masonic Memorial Gardens</a>, Reno, Nev. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John H. Nixon and Mary Ann (Estill) Nixon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Kate Imogene Bacon.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000114">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408198">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="925.52.33">Nixon, Grace M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Phillipsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/WA-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="785.14.94">Nixon, H. V.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VE-lived.html">Vermillion County</a>, Ind. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VE-parties.html">Chair of Vermillion County Republican Party</a>, 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="740.27.29">Nixon, Helen</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CT.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="601.00.99">Nixon, Hetherington</a> (b. 1859)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/05-13.html">May 13, 1859</a>. Not U.S. citizen; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Newcastle-on-Tyne</a>, 1896-1915; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Newcastle-on-Tyne</a>, 1915. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="822.75.32">Nixon, Hezekiah</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pittsburgh.html#4">Mayor of Allegheny, Pa.</a>, 1844-45. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="708.10.90">Nixon, J. C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/vb-lived.html">Virginia Beach</a>, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/VA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="080.72.49">Nixon, Jack</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GI-lived.html">Gibson County</a>, Ind. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/princeton.html">Mayor of Princeton, Ind.</a>, 1980-84. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="688.00.72">Nixon, James A.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Cortland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-lived.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cortland.html#3">Cortland, N.Y.</a>, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="867.59.46">Nixon, James B.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Atlantic County, 1888. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="869.06.28">Nixon, James H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cumberland County, 1865-68; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Cumberland County, 1869-71. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="676.65.79">Nixon, James L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn7.html">Delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 50th District, 1915. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nixon, Jay</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#619.97.06">Jeremiah Wilson Nixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="619.97.06">Nixon, Jeremiah Wilson</a> (b. 1956)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Jay Nixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of De Soto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo. Born in De Soto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/02-13.html">February 13, 1956</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1988, 1998; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1993-2009; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MO.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MO.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MO.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MO.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 2009-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Still living as of 2017. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jeremiah 'Jerry' Nixon and Betty Lea (Willson) Nixon; married to Georganne Wheeler.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/jeremiah-w-jay-nixon/">National Governors Association biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay Nixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/655/000180115">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="731.49.60">Nixon, Joe</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 133rd District; elected 1994; elected unopposed 1996, 1998; elected 2000, 2002, 2004. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="903.06.27">Nixon, John E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 8th District, 1968. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="905.58.33">Nixon, John Thompson</a> (1820-1889)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>John T. Nixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Bridgeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Born in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/index.html">1820</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Cumberland County, 1849-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 1st District, 1859-63. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-buried.html#cms03041">City Cemetery</a>, Bridgeton, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000115">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408199">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="051.76.23">Nixon, Joseph Henry</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 14th District, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="670.57.07">Nixon, Kemp Battle</a> (b. 1883)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Kemp B. Nixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Lincolnton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-lived.html">Lincoln County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LC-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/08-12.html">August 12, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 25th District, 1931, 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alfred Nixon and Iola Jane (Robinson) Nixon.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="787.37.77">Nixon, Lee</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/sanjuan.html#2">San Juan, Puerto Rico</a>, 1912-15; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PR.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PR.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3464807826/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/568/38.09.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Lewis Nixon"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="568.38.09">Nixon, Lewis</a> (1861-1940)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Born in Leesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-born.html">Loudoun County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/04-07.html">April 7, 1861</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Naval architect</a>; designed <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">battleships</a> for the U.S. Navy; later, proprietor of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">shipyards</a>; president or owner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturing</a> firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/NY.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/NY.html">1904</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NY.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NY.html">1932</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tammany-hall.html">Tammany Hall</a>. Died in Long Branch, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/09-23.html">September 23, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 169 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LO-buried.html#cms03192">Union Cemetery</a>, Leesburg, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Sally Lewis Wood.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis Nixon (naval architect)">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/50895104">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> American Monthly Review of Reviews, February 1902</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="316.30.29">Nixon, Martin E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of New York. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="088.74.41">Nixon, Melissa</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 2020. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="654.60.25">Nixon, Norman</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/DC.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="566.00.50">Nixon, P. E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 15th District, 1923-26. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="694.14.50">Nixon, Pat</a> (1912-1993)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Thelma Catherine Ryan</b>; <b>&quot;Starlight&quot;</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of California. Born in Ely, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WP-born.html">White Pine County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-16.html">March 16, 1912</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 1953-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/first.html">First Lady of the United States</a>, 1969-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Republican National Convention, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung-cancer.html">lung cancer</a>, in Park Ridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-died.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/06-22.html">June 22, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 98 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-buried.html#cms02215">Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace</a>, Yorba Linda, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/06-21.html">June 21, 1940</a>, to <a href="#870.67.93">Richard Milhous Nixon</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0294.html">Eisenhower-Nixon family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Patricia Nixon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Cerritos, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>. &nbsp;&mdash; Pat Nixon <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">Park</a> (established 1969), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-names.html">Cerritos, California</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Even when people can't speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat Nixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/327/000024255">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633268">Internet Movie Database profile</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1281">Find-A-Grave memorial</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=32147">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="637.76.61">Nixon, R. H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VE-lived.html">Vermillion County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IN.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="452.24.87">Nixon, R. J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Yreka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SK-lived.html">Siskiyou County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/yreka.html#2">Yreka, Calif.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="932.00.45">Nixon, Richard</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Hogeland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/BL-lived.html">Blaine County</a>, Mont. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MT.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://catalog.usmint.gov/richard-m-nixon-engraved-presidential-portrait-large-BEP216.html"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/870/67.93.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Richard M. Nixon"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="870.67.93">Nixon, Richard Milhous</a> (1913-1994)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Richard M. Nixon</b>; <b>&quot;Tricky Dick&quot;</b>; <b>&quot;Searchlight&quot;</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Whittier, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Yorba Linda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/01-09.html">January 9, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 12th District, 1947-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1950-53; appointed 1950; resigned 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/CA.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/CA.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1953-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1969-74; defeated, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1962; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/index.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>. Discredited by the Watergate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a>, as many of his subordinates were charged with crimes; in July 1974, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted three <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">articles of impeachment</a> against him, over <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/obstruction.html">obstruction of justice</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/abuse-authority.html">abuse of power</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/contempt.html">contempt of Congress</a>; soon after, a tape recording emerged which directly <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">implicated</a> him in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/burglary.html">Watergate break-in</a>; with impeachment certain, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">resigned</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pardon.html">pardoned</a> in 1974 by President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#906.13.45">Gerald R. Ford</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/ny-hospital.html">New York Hospital</a>/Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/04-22.html">April 22, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/OR-buried.html#cms02215">Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace</a>, Yorba Linda, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Francis Anthony 'Frank' Nixon and Hannah (Milhous) Nixon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/06-21.html">June 21, 1940</a>, to <a href="#694.14.50">Thelma Catherine Ryan</a>; father of Julie Nixon (daughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#095.44.43">John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower</a>; granddaughter-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#075.91.63">Dwight David Eisenhower</a>); second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#038.35.13">John Duffy Alderson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0294.html">Eisenhower-Nixon family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanly-stansel.html#471.17.89">Maurice H. Stans</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holder-hollan.html#533.83.81">John H. Holdridge</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#582.41.71">Clark MacGregor</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sears.html#108.48.25">Harry L. Sears</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dent.html#134.79.50">Harry S. Dent</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#453.10.52">Christian A. Herter, Jr.</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell5.html#634.62.28">John N. Mitchell</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook4.html#025.48.00">G. Bradford Cook</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#982.18.80">Raymond Moley</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#864.93.16">Patrick J. Buchanan</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#243.87.72">Nils A. Boe</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#551.02.50">Murray M. Chotiner</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blow-blumrosen.html#530.22.41">Richard Blumenthal</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#680.12.42">G. Gordon Liddy</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#369.14.57">Robert D. Sack</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#278.37.28">Edward G. Latch</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#502.28.28">William O. Mills</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#600.17.79">Meyer Kestnbaum</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Campaign slogan (1968):</i> "Nixon's the One!"</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000116">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408200">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Nixon">Wikipedia article</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/110/000024038">NNDB dossier</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633271">Internet Movie Database profile</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/1418">Find-A-Grave memorial</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4033">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Richard M. Nixon:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671707418/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671707418&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">RN : The Memoirs of Richard Nixon</a> (1978)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679433236/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0679433236&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Beyond Peace</a> (1994)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671659928/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671659928&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">1999: Victory Without War</a> (1988)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568494971/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1568494971&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Leaders</a> (1982)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156849498X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=156849498X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Memoirs</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385991258/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385991258&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Six Crises</a> (1962)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Challenges We Face</a> (1960)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671700960/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671700960&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat and Renewal</a> (1990)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877957266/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0877957266&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">No More Vietnams</a> (1985)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0843103590/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0843103590&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon</a> (1974)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316611492/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316611492&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Real Peace</a> (1984)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044651201X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=044651201X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Real War</a> (1980)&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671743430/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671743430&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Seize The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World</a> (1992)</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Richard M. Nixon:</i> Melvin Small, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0700609733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0700609733&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Presidency of Richard Nixon</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Joan Hoff, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465051057/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465051057&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Nixon Reconsidered</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Jonathan Aitken, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895267209/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0895267209&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Nixon : A Life</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Garry Wills, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877971986/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0877971986&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Nixon Agonistes : The Crisis of the Self-Made Man</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Thomas Monsell, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/078640163X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=078640163X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Nixon on Stage and Screen : The Thirty-Seventh President As Depicted in Films, Television, Plays and Opera</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Stephen E. Ambrose, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671657224/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671657224&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Nixon : Education of a Politician, 1913-1962</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Richard Reeves, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684802317/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684802317&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">President Nixon: Alone in the White House</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Roger Morris, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805011218/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805011218&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Robert Mason, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807829056/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807829056&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Jules Witcover, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586484702/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586484702&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Very Strange Bedfellows : The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Critical books about Richard M. Nixon:</i> Nathan Miller, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684852063/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684852063&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Lance Morrow, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465047238/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465047238&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power</a>&nbsp;&mdash; Don Fulsom, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312662963/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312662963&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Nixon's Darkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most Troubled President</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> United States Mint engraving</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="628.42.03">Nixon, Robert</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Eaton County 1st District, 1865-66. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="779.16.47">Nixon, Robert A.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BY-lived.html">Bayfield County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Bayfield County; elected 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nixon, S. Frederick</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#666.01.16">Samuel Frederick Nixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="757.67.82">Nixon, Samuel</a> (b. 1819)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Delta Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Eaton County 1st District, 1877-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/delta-twp.html">supervisor of Delta Township, Michigan</a>, 1879-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="666.01.16">Nixon, Samuel Frederick</a> (1860-1905)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>S. Frederick Nixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Westfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Born in Westfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/12-03.html">December 3, 1860</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1888-90, 1894-1905 (Chautauqua County 1st District 1888-90, Chautauqua County 1894-95, Chautauqua County 2nd District 1896-1905); died in office 1905; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New York State Assembly</a>, 1899-1905; died in office 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Died in Westfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-died.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/10-10.html">October 10, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-buried.html#cms02734">Westfield Cemetery</a>, Westfield, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="689.65.89">Nixon, Sandy L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="154.88.74">Nixon, T. Carl</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="542.53.46">Nixon, T. D.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LI-lived.html">Liberty County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/cncn2.html">Delegate to Florida state constitutional convention</a> from Liberty County, 1865. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="680.89.80">Nixon, Tim</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Two Rivers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-lived.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/WI.html">1976</a>. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nixon, W. D.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#270.40.22">Willie Dee Nixon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="525.23.41">Nixon, William M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/vb-lived.html">Virginia Beach</a>, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/VA.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="916.42.04">Nixon, William M.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Georgia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/aud.html">Georgia state auditor</a>, 1976-. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="389.32.79">Nixon, William Penn</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/IL.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">William Penn</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="270.40.22">Nixon, Willie Dee</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>W. D. Nixon</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AB-lived.html">Abbeville County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Abbeville County, 1948-53; resigned 1953. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="711.78.66">Nixon, Wyndham</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Mandeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ST-lived.html">St. Tammany Parish</a>, La. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/mandeville.html#2">Mandeville, La.</a>, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="403.63.44">Nixon, Zachary T.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Corsica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 8th District, 1911-14. 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