历届美国总统简介：理查德·米尔豪斯·尼克松

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理查德·米尔豪斯·尼克松（Richard Milhous Nixon，1913年1月9日－1994年4月22日），美国著名政治家，曾于1969年-1974年担任美国第37任总统。1974年辞职，成为美国历史上第一位在任期内辞职的总统。尼克松于1953年-1961年担任美国第34任副总统。尼克松于1972年和1976年两度访华，是首位在任期间访华的美国总统，被称为“中国人民的老朋友”。

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. He served from 1969 to 1974 and is the only president to resign the office. He was born in California in 1913 and grew up in a poor family. Nixon had a brilliant record at college and law school before entering the legal profession. During World War II, Nixon served in the Navy in the Pacific, although he saw no actual combat.

On leaving the service, he was elected to Congress and in 1950, he won a Senate seat. Two years later, General Eisenhower selected Nixon, age 39, to be his running mate. As Vice¹ President, Nixon took on major duties and was nominated for President in 1960. He lost by a narrow margin² to John F. Kennedy. In 1968, he again won his party's nomination³ and the presidential election.

His term in office saw many historic accomplishments⁴. One of the most dramatic events occurred in 1969, when American astronauts made the first moon landing. During visits in 1972 to Beijing and Moscow, he reduced tensions with China and the U.S.S.R.  which led to a treaty to limit strategic nuclear weapons. In January 1973, he ended American involvement in Vietnam.

In his 1972 bid for office, Nixon defeated Democratic candidate George McGovern by one of the widest margins⁵ on record. Within a few months the "Watergate" scandal broke. Reporters uncovered his associates breaking into his Democratic rival’s offices. Nixon denied any personal involvement and resigned on August 8, 1974. He died from a severe stroke in 1994, aged⁶ 81.