Donald Nixon
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Francis Donald Nixon (23 November 1914 – 27 June 1987) was a brother of United States President Richard Nixon.
He was the third of five children:
- Harold Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933)
- Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
- Donald Nixon
- Arthur Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925)
- Edward Nixon (May 3, 1930)
He married Clara Jane Lemke and had a son named Donald A. Nixon.
In January 1957 Howard Hughes lent Donald Nixon $205,000 to bail out his "Nixon's" drive-in restaurant in Whittier, California. [1] The restaurant went bankrupt less than a year later, and the loan was never repaid. 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. [2]
He 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. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ DuBois, Larry, and Laurence Gonzales (September 1976). The Puppet and the Puppetmasters. Playboy
- ^ Stern, Carl (April 10, 1974). 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
[edit] External links
- Nixon Fun Facts via Nixon Foundation
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