Donald Nixon

Donald Nixon
Donald Nixon (second from right)
Born	Francis Donald Nixon (1914-11-23)November 23, 1914 Yorba Linda, California, U.S.
Died	June 27, 1987(1987-06-27) (aged 72) Whittier, California, U.S.
Spouse	Clara Jane Lemke (m. 1942)
Children	Richard C. Nixon Donald A. Nixon Lawrene Mae Nixon Anfinson
Parent(s)	Hannah Milhous Nixon Francis A. Nixon
Relatives	Harold Nixon (brother) Richard Nixon (brother) Arthur Nixon(brother) Edward Nixon (brother) Pat Nixon (sister-in-law) Edward F. Cox (nephew-in-law) Tricia Nixon Cox (niece) Nicholas Nixon (nephew-in-law) Julie Nixon Eisenhower (niece) Christopher N. Cox (great-nephew) Jennie Eisenhower (great-niece) Sarah Ann Wadsworth Nixon (paternal grandmother) Samuel Brady Nixon (paternal grandfather) Almira Park Burdg Milhous (maternal grandmother) Franklin Milhous (maternal grandfather)

Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987) was a younger brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

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Family

He was the third of five sons:^[1]

Harold Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933)
Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987)
Arthur Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925)
Edward Nixon (May 3, 1930 – February 27, 2019)

Life

Nixon married Clara Jane Lemke (1920–2013^[2]) in 1942 and had two sons, Richard C. Nixon and Donald A. Nixon, and a daughter, Lawrene Mae Nixon Anfinson.

In January 1957 Howard Hughes lent Nixon $205,000 to bail out his "Nixon's" drive-in restaurant in Whittier, California.^[3] The restaurant went bankrupt less than a year later. Questions about whether this was a political favor dogged Richard Nixon during his campaign for president and later when he sought the governorship of California.^[4]

Nixon never lived it down, and one of the many speculated motives for the 1972 Watergate burglary that ultimately led to Richard Nixon's resignation was a desire to find proof that the then-Democratic National Committee chairman Larry O'Brien was also secretly working for Hughes.^[5] John H. Meier, one of Hughes' former business advisors, in collaboration with former vice president Hubert Humphrey and others, was using Donald Nixon to feed misinformation to his brother, the President. Meier told Donald that he was sure the Democrats would win the election, since they had a lot of information on Richard Nixon's illicit dealings with Howard Hughes which had never been released, and that Larry O'Brien had the information^[6]

After becoming the U.S. President, Richard Nixon sent a White House investigator, Anthony Ulasewicz, to "rescue" Donald Nixon's son, Donald Nixon Jr., from a hippie commune in the California mountains. Political columnist Jack Anderson revealed the incident in his column of June 21, 1973, and wrote of Ulasewicz, "The burly former private eye persuaded Donald to trim his hair and to return home," and reported that White House aide John Ehrlichman admonished Donald Jr. in a two-hour lecture "to behave himself and do nothing to embarrass the President", his uncle Richard. ^[7]

In 1974 the staff of the Senate Watergate committee disclosed additional information to support the charge that Charles Rebozo gave or lent part of a $100,000 campaign contribution to President Nixon's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and to Nixon's brothers, Donald and Edward Nixon.^[8]

Media portrayals

Donald Nixon was portrayed by Sean Stone in the 1995 Oliver Stone film Nixon.

Death

On June 27, 1987, Donald Nixon died while undergoing hospital treatment for pneumonia. He was 72 years old.^[9]

References

^ "Childhood". 2013-10-21. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
^ ABC News. "Politics". ABC News.
^ DuBois, Larry, and Laurence Gonzales (September 1976). The Puppet and the Puppetmasters. Archived June 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Playboy
^ Stern, Carl (April 10, 1974). Vanderbilt Television News Archive: Howard Hughes Contribution / Kalmbach Version. NBC Evening News
^ Haldeman, H.R. and Joseph Dimona (1978). The Ends of Power. Dell: ISBN 0-440-12239-2
^ "Hughes Nixon and the C.I.A.", Playboy magazine, September 1976
^ "Nixon nephew once 'rescued' from hippies", Birmingham (AL) Post-Herald", June 21, 1973, p. 11
^ Crewdson, John M. (July 11, 1974). Report Questions Rebozo's Account on Hughes Funds. The New York Times
^ Saxon, Wolfgang (June 30, 1987). "DONALD NIXON, 72, DIES IN CALIFORNIA". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.

External links

Nixon Fun Facts via Nixon Foundation

Richard Nixon

37th President of the United States (1969–1974)
36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961)
U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953)
U.S. Representative for CA–12 (1947–1950)

Pre-presidency

Presidency
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Foreign policy	International trips Nixon Doctrine Vietnam War Cambodian bombing Paris Peace Accords "Peace with Honor" Vietnamization Cold War period Linkage policy Tar Baby Option 1972 visit to China Shanghai Communiqué 1973 Chilean coup d'état Détente 1972 Moscow Summit Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty SALT I Treaty Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement Threshold Test Ban Treaty Operation CHAOS Space exploration
Domestic policy	Family Assistance Plan Revised Philadelphia Plan Minority Business Development Agency Native American policy Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Education Amendments of 1972 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Title IX Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 National Cancer Act of 1971 End Stage Renal Disease Program Supplemental Security Income Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act Shafer Commission War on Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration Cannabis policy Federal Contested Elections Act Federal Election Campaign Act 1970 VRA Amendments District of Columbia Home Rule Act Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 Congressional Research Service
Economic policy	Bank Secrecy Act Fair Credit Reporting Act National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 Nixon shock Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 Smithsonian Agreement Occupational Safety and Health Act National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Safety and Health Administration Permissible exposure limit U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Consumer Product Safety Act Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act Securities Investor Protection Act Securities Investor Protection Corporation Tax Reform Act of 1969 Alternative minimum tax Revenue Act of 1971 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 Agricultural Act of 1970 Farm Credit Act of 1971 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 Federal Energy Administration Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
Environmental policy	Council on Environmental Quality Environmental Quality Improvement Act National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Amendments of 1970 Clean Water Act Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act National Ambient Air Quality Standards National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants New Source Performance Standards Noise Control Act Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Zone Management Act Coastal Zone Management Program Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Marine Mammal Protection Act Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 Endangered Species Act of 1969 Endangered Species Act of 1973 Oil Pollution Act of 1973 Water Resources Development Act of 1974
Watergate	Timeline Operation Sandwedge Operation Gemstone Saturday Night Massacre CRP White House Plumbers Watergate Seven Enemies List list of opponents White House tapes United States v. Nixon (1974) Senate Watergate Committee impeachment process "I am not a crook" Resignation Pardon