Much has been said and written about President Nixon. The Library provides information on his life and presidency in an open and truthful fashion. Here are some of his accomplishments:

• Served in the Navy in the South Pacific in WWII in 1942
• Elected to congress in 1946 and 1948
• Elected to the US Senate in 1950
• Was President Eisenhower’s Vice President in 1952 and 1956
• Lost the Presidential election to JFK in 1960 by 113,000 votes
• Won the Presidency in 1968 against Hubert Humphrey
• Re-elected in 1972 by a landslide against George McGovern
• Ended the War in Viet Nam
• In 1969 created the Office for Minorities to increase businesses nationwide
• Began the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970
• Extended voting rights in 1970 by eliminating voter literacy requirement
• Welcomed home Apollo astronauts from moon walk
• Launched war on cancer in 1971 creating National Cancer Centers
• Signed Title IX in 1972 eliminating gender bias in colleges and universities receiving federal aid.
• Journeyed to China in 1972 to normalize relations

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