Richard Nixon
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| Richard Nixon | |
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| Historical Figure | |
| Timeline: | OTL |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Religion: | Quaker |
| Date of Birth: | 1913 |
| Date of Death: | 1994 |
| Cause of Death: | Stroke |
| Occupation: | Lawyer,Politiican |
| Spouse: | Thelma "Pat" Nixon |
| Children: | Tricia Nixon (daughter)
Julie Nixon (daughter) |
| Affiliations: | Republican Party |
| Timeline: | "Hindsight" (referenced) |
| Timeline: | Worldwar |
| Appearance(s): | Down to Earth (oblique appearance) |
| Timeline: | Southern Victory |
| Appearance(s): | The Grapple (as "Dick") |
| Affiliations: | United States Army |
| Timeline: | "The Two Georges" (as "Honest" Dick) |
| Nationality: | North American Union |
| Date of Birth: | 1913 |
| Date of Death: | 1995 |
| Cause of Death: | Gunshot wound |
| Occupation: | Used-steamer salesman |
Richard Milhous Nixon (1913–1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. Under his administration, the United States followed a foreign policy marked by détente with the Soviet Union and by the opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. As a result of the Watergate scandal, Nixon resigned the presidency in the face of likely impeachment by the United States House of Representatives and conviction by the United States Senate.
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[edit] Richard Nixon in "Hindsight"
Richard Nixon's presidency was fictionalized nearly two decades before the Watergate break-in by Michelle Gordian. Nixon had already made a name for himself by 1953, so Gordian disguised him as "President Cavanaugh".
[edit] Richard Nixon in Worldwar
Richard Nixon was a congressman from California. In 1963, Liu Han lobbied Nixon and a number of other members of Congress for military aid for the Chinese Communist Party's resistance to the Race's colonization of China. Nixon was hesitant to support a communist party but was convinced to acquiesce when Liu Han bluntly told him "You help us, you help people go free from Lizards."
[edit] Richard Nixon in Southern Victory
Richard Nixon was a soldier in the United States Army. He was a specialist in sweeping for surveillance equipment. He was stationed in Philadelphia. He reported to Sergeant Carl Bernstein.
[edit] Literary Note
Given the anachronism of Carl Bernstein and Bob, the character identified simply as "Dick" may not be Richard Nixon.
[edit] Richard Nixon in The Two Georges
"Honest" Dick was a prosperous used-steamer salesman in the North American Union city of New Liverpool. He was murdered by the Sons of Liberty in 1995 to create a distraction during the theft of the painting, The Two Georges. Shockingly, his murder was the fifth by gunfire in New Liverpool for the first half of the year.
[edit] Literary Note
In OTL, Nixon was already dead by 1995.
| Office | ||
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| Preceded by Lyndon Johnson | President of the United States (OTL) 1969-1974 | Succeeded by Gerald Ford |
| Office | ||
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| Preceded by Alben W. Barkley | Vice-President of the United States 1953-1961 | Succeeded by Lyndon Johnson |
