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Great courtroom lawyers : fighting the cases that made history / Marian Calabro.

The civil rights struggle : leaders in profile / by John D'Emilio ; [contributors, Catharine A. Barnes ... et. al.].

The Nixon-Ford years / John Robert Greene.

Stuart Inder papers, ca. 1910-ca. 2010

PHOTO,,Wide World;PHOTO,,Twp;PHOTO,,Upi;PHOTO,,Ap;Ph,,Life Magazine/time Inc.;Ph CAPTION: THE EARLY YEARS 1913 - Born Jan. 9 in Yorba Linda, Calif., to Hannah Milhous and Francis A. Nixon, an oil field worker, motorman and service station owner. 1934 - Received AB in history from Whittier College. 1937 - Earned an LLB from Duke University Law School, graduating third in his class. Returned to Whittier after rejecting a position in a New York City law firm and failing to receive an appointment as an FBI agent. Admitted to the California bar and began private practice, which he continued until January 1942. 1940 - Married [Thelma Catherine Ryan] on June 21. 1942 - Worked as attorney for the Office of Price Administration in Washington for eight months. Served as a noncombat naval officer in the South Pacific, leaving active duty as a lieutenant commander in 1946. 1946 - Joined the Whittier, Calif., law firm of Wingert & Bewley. CAPTION: THE POLITICAL YEARS 1946 - Elected to the U.S. House from California. 1950 - Elected to the U.S. Senate by a wide margin, serving until 1953. 1952 - Nominated for vice president July 10. Made national speech Sept. 23 rebutting accusations he used a "slush fund" for personal expenses, but admitted receiving a dog named Checkers as a gift. Elected vice president in November, serving two terms, 1953-61. 1959 - Visited Moscow, facing Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in the "kitchen debates" on the merits of capitalism and communism. 1960 - Nominated for president; narrowly lost to [John F. Kennedy]. 1961 - Served as counsel to Adams Duque & Hazeltine until 1963. 1962 - Lost bitterly contested California gubernatorial race. 1963 - Joined New York law firm of Mudge, Stern, Baldwin & Todd. CAPTION: THE PRESIDENTIAL YEARS 1968 - Elected president, defeating Democratic Vice President [Hubert H. Humphrey]. 1972 - Visited Communist China in February. Held summit in Moscow in May with Soviet leader [Leonid I. Brezhnev]. Watergate era began June 17 when five men connected to the Committee for the Reelection of the President were arrested for a break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters. Reelected president in November in a landslide. 1973 - Military draft ended, agreement concluded ending direct U.S. involvement in Vietnam War and providing for prisoner exchange. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned in disgrace in October. 1974 - House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend impeachment on grounds of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. Nixon resigned Aug. 9; accepted President [Gerald R. Ford]'s pardon Sept. 18. CAPTION: AFTER WATERGATE 1976 - Disbarred by the state of New York. 1978 - Published memoirs. 1980 - Moved to New York City. 1981 - Moved to Saddle River, N.J. 1982-1992 - Wrote six books (in addition to three he wrote earlier), made occasional speeches, traveled abroad and established reputation as an elder statesman. 1993 - Pat Nixon, who suffered a stroke in 1979, died of lung cancer June 22. 1994 - Nixon suffered stroke April 18. Chronology compiled by Barbara J. Saffir - The Washington Post SOURCES: Facts About the Presidents, the H.W. Wilson Co.; Congressional Quarter's Encyclopedia of American Government: the Presidency A to Z; Political Profile: The Nixon/Ford Years, Facts on File Inc.; Who's Who in America and the Associated Press. CAPTION: Navy Lt. j.g. [Richard M. Nixon] in 1942. CAPTION: A youthful music student in Whittier, Calif., embraces his violin in an undated photograph. CAPTION: 1972. Foreign relations: A historic visit by the President and Pat Nixon along the Great Wall of China. CAPTION: 1974. Final days: Father and daughter [Julie Eisenhower] share emotional moment after he disclosed plans to resign. CAPTION: Farewell to the nation's capital, Aug. 9, 1974 CAPTION: 1955. Bipartisan notes: With Vice President Nixon at the piano, Sen. [Lyndon B. Johnson], left, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, both Texas Democrats, composer Arthur Schwartz and Press Club president Lucian Warren join in a community sing-a-long. CAPTION: 1960. The debates: In first face-off, Kennedy's and Nixon's images clashed. CAPTION: 1974. In victory and defeat: Having tendered resignation, Nixon gives Washington a last "V." CAPTION: An elder statesman pauses after lawmakers hear thoughts on global changes in 1990. CAPTION: 1946. Attorney at law: Wartime service concluded, Nixon returns to continue legal career in Whittier, Calif. CAPTION: 1952. Relaxing with family: Sen. Nixon with wife Pat, daughters Julie and Tricia, and pet dog Checkers. CAPTION: The official White House portrait, hung in 1981. CAPTION: Campaigning for California governor in 1962.

The Washington post, 1994-04-23

Turbulent Career Summed Up in a Word; Across the Achievement and Contradiction Is Taped `Watergate: FINAL Edition

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