Richard Milhous Nixon was the United States' 37th president, serving from 1969 to 1974. Nixon, a Republican politician, formerly worked as the 36th Vice President from 1953 to 1961, after rising to country prominence as a California agent and senator.

Following the Watergate occurrence, he ended up being the only president to leave from office after 5 years in the White Home that observed the end of the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first manned moon landings, and the starting of the Epa.

Let’s learn more about this president who was serving in a crucial time period in American history.