Edward Nixon

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Edward Calvert Nixon (born 3 May 1930) is and American entrepreneur and the youngest brother of President Richard Nixon:

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

Nixon was born in 1930 to Francis and Hannah Nixon. His brother Arthur had died five years earlier of tuberculosis. his brother Harold died when he was three. Nixon graduated from Duke University in 1952. ^[1] In 1974, Nixon was the first witness for the defense in the Maurice Stans and John N. Mitchell conspiracy trial. ^[2] He contradicted the testimony of two of the Government's chief witnesses. Later that year, 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 Edward and Donald Nixon. ^[3] He is currently president of Nixon World Enterprises, Inc., a service company based in Washington state. ^[4]

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^ Richard M. Nixon Panel Addresses President’s Evolving Legacy via Duke Law
^ Arnold, Martin (April 6, 1974). Edward Nixon Rebuts Stans Prosecution. New York Times
^ Crewdson, John M. (July 11, 1974). Report Questions Rebozo's Account on Hughes Funds. New York Times
^ Edward Nixon via Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security