What Does it Take to be a Great President?

 

Richard Milhous Nixon

 

 

By: Gina Parillo, Jeff Song, Anven Zhang

 

Where I Live(ed):

Yorba Linda, California

Website: Official White House Biography

 

About Me:

I was in 1913. I grew up on a small farm in Yorba Linda, California. I worked on the farm with my family when I was alive and a kid. I have been interested in politics for a while.

 

Date of Birth:

January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California

Date of Death:

April 22, 1994

Sex:

Male

Political Views:

I supported the Republican party

 

Religious Views:

Quaker

 

Years Served as President:

1969 - 1974

Status:

Married to Pat Nixon

Children:

Tricia, born in 1946; Julie, born in 1948

Looking for:

Friendship, networking

Occupations:

Lawyer, Navy Lieutenant Commander, Congressman, Senator, Vice President

 

Interests/Hobbies:

• Piano
• Violin
• Playing with my dog Checkers

 

Education:

• Whittier College
• Duke Law School

 

Favorite Authors:

Tolstoy, Paul Johnson

 

Favorite Movies:

 "Patton", "Victory at Sea"

 

Favorite Music:

Richard Rogers "Victory at Sea"

 

 

Friends:

• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Spiro T. Agnew
• Gerald R. Ford

Sports:

• Bowling
• Golf
• Football

 

During my stint as president, the political, social and economic factors and challenges that I had to deal with (at home) included:

 

Political

• U.S. Space Program
• Health Insurance
• Supported Missile Defense

 

Social

• Integration of schools

• War on drugs

 

Economic

• The lowering of the national speed limit to 55 mph to ration gasoline
• Tried to deal with inflation by wage and price control

 

 

During my stint as president, the political, social and economic factors and challenges that I had to deal with (abroad) included:

 

Political

• Ending the Vietnam War
• Balance the increased threat of the Soviet Union

 

Social

• Opened dialogue with China

 

Economic

• Improved relations with China to allow more trade between 

 

Looking back at my presidential career, I had to wear several "hats."  Wearing these different "hats," these were my most significant achievements and failures:

 

Commander-in-Chief

• Got out of the Vietnam War

Chief Executive

• Wage and Price Control
• "Watergate" Scandal

Chief Diplomat

• Opened communications with China
• Engaged in debates with Soviet Prime Minister, "Kitchen Debates"

Ceremonial Head of State

• Tripartite Diplomacy: Japan, US, and South Korea had agreement to help defend South Korea from North Korea

Manager of the Economy

• Wage and Price Controls

Party Leader

• Tried to keep Republicans in office by understanding Democratic strategy... Watergate

National Leader

• Understood war was tearing apart Americans, decided to get peace terms in Vietnam
• decided to initiate Operation Linebacker to try to get the best peace terms 

 

Favorite Quote About Me by a Famous Historian:

 "A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits."

 

Positive Political Cartoon

 

Negative Political Cartoon

 

Works Cited:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/richardnixon.html

 

http://www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org/index.php?src=gendocs&link=FunFacts&category=Home&print=y

 

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3360

 

http://www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org/

 

http://www.nixoncenter.org/

 

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History.  Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2000. p725-726.

 

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.  Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 5. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. p85-86.

 

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.  Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 1. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. p771.