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Last NY Journal American Tournament of Orators held at the old Carnegie Hall in 1956 was attended by the Vice President Was the second Quaker (that is, Society of Friends) who served as President of the United States, the first being President Herbert Hoover (1929-1933). His mother was descended from a long line of Quakers, the Milhouses. Only president to resign from office. Two daughters, Tricia Nixon and Julie Nixon. Julie married David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, under whom Nixon served as Vice-President. In his 1972 bid for office, Nixon defeated Democratic candidate George McGovern by one of the widest margins on record. Dwight D. Eisenhower was going to drop him as Vice President from his second Presidential ticket in favor of Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce, but then thought it might be reflected back as weakness on him and kept Nixon. Graduated from Fullerton High School. Hours before his sudden stroke (which caused his death), Nixon sent a letter of best wishes along with a book to a friend of someone who had suffered a stroke. The letter explained his heartfelt concern, and he hoped that the book, which discusses the stroke that Pat Nixon suffered in the 1970s, would be of some aid. A copy of the letter he wrote is on display at his "study exhibit" at the Nixon Library. Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon are buried alongside one another between the Rose Garden and his birth home at the Nixon Libary. Funerals for both were held on the Library grounds. Senator Bob Dole, along with Rev. Billy Graham and President Bill Clinton, eulogized Nixon at his funeral in April of 1994. Pictured on a 32¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued 26 April 1995, 1 year and 4 days following his death. Ran for governor of California in 1962 and lost to Edmund G. Brown("Pat"). It was after this political defeat that he uttered his famous quote, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore....." Interestingly enough, six years later, he was elected President of the United States. First rose to political prominence as a U.S. Representative in 1948 when he was instrumental in bringing charges against Alger Hiss, an alleged Communist spy,. Before its premiere, he was given a private screening of 1776 (1972). He objected to the musical number "Cool Considerate Men," so the number was cut from the theatrical release. The song was restored on the laserdisc version as well as the Director's Cut DVD. When he was three years old, he fell out of a horse-drawn carriage in which he was riding with his mother and brother, and one of the wheels ran over his head. Despite a deep wound, he got up and ran after the buggy as his mother urged it to stop. The accident left him with a visible scar, which is why for the rest of his life he combed his hair straight back rather than parting it on the side. Stevie Wonder wrote two songs criticizing him - "He's Misstra Know-It-All" and "You Haven't Done Nothin'". Lived out his years in his Manhattan triplex at 810 Fifth Avenue, a building that had belonged to erstwhile political rival Nelson Rockefeller Was the first American politician to receive a review in Variety following his Checkers speech. The nickname of the Nixon Library is "Crook Hall". After Watergate, bumper stickers were produced with the slogan, "Don't blame me. I'm from Massachusetts." It is a reference to the only state that his opponent George McGovern carried in the 1972 election. Is one of only two men to appear on a major party's presidential ticket five times: the other is Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who after an unsuccessful campaign as the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1920, won four successive presidential campaigns in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. Republican stalwart Nixon won the vice presidency twice as Dwight D. Eisenhower's running-mate in 1952 and 1956, but lost to John F. Kennedy in his first bid for the presidency in 1960. Nixon subsequently won two terms as president, in 1968 and 1972. Was an avid baseball fan. So much so, that he was once considered for the job of Commissioner of Baseball. Was an excellent poker player. The only U.S President to be born in California. During his presidential tenure, the first White House worship to be conducted by a Jewish rabbi was celebrated (June 1969). Often played a grand piano to entertain his executive guests.