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On April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died after suffering a significant stroke four days earlier, at the age of 81. His state [ 1] funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in his hometown of Yorba Linda, California. He was the first former president to die in 21 ...
Newberry College ( BA) University of South Carolina ( MA) Harvey LeRoy " Lee " Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to Republican U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
August 8, 2024 at 4:01 PM. Hey OnPolitics readers! Exactly 50 years ago, a beleaguered President Richard M. Nixon entered the Oval Office, stared into a television camera and performed an act that ...
Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. A fourth-generation Republican "in the mold of ...
Watergate Complex, Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., 1965. Credit - Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. F ifty years ago, on Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon told ...
Navy Cross. Silver Star. Purple Heart (2) Paul Norton " Pete " McCloskey Jr. (September 29, 1927 – May 8, 2024) was an American politician who represented San Mateo County, California, as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983. [1]
Pete McCloskey, a veteran who wanted U.S. troops out of Vietnam, was the first congressman to urge consideration of Nixon's impeachment on the House floor.