Richard Nixon — 37th President of the United States
37th President of the United States, Republican
Richard Nixon
Term: Jan 20, 1969 – Aug 9, 1974
Richard Nixon (1913–1994) was the thirty-seventh president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. His presidency included the opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1972, détente with the Soviet Union, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. He resigned on August 9, 1974 — the only U.S. president ever to resign from office — amid the Watergate scandal, in which members of his administration were implicated in a break-in at Democratic Party headquarters and subsequent efforts to obstruct the investigation.
“The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.”