After serving as President Dwight Eisenhower's right-hand man for eight years, Nixon faced an uphill battle to the presidency ...

Exactly why Nixon decided to leave his law career behind and enter the political ring is unclear, though his long-held desire ...

Richard Nixon was born in 1913 in California. He had a tough start in life. His parents’ lemon farm failed and two of his brothers died in childhood. He didn’t let any of that hold him back.

Enjoy. Destroyed by Watergate and vilified for suggesting that presidents are above the law, Richard Nixon died in disgrace in 1994. But it turns out he was right. The 37th president was quietly ...

President Richard Nixon used the government as a weapon against his perceived enemies. (Wally McNamee/Corbis Historical) The Nixon administration’s enemies list inspired bipartisan revulsion. Its ...