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| name = Richard Nixon |
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| above = <center>{{#if: {{{Name|}}}|{{{Name|}}}|{{PAGENAME}}}}</center> |
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| portrait = Portrait USA Richard Nixon.png |
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| portraitlabel = Richard Nixon in 1963 |
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| image = <center>[[File:Portrait USA Richard Nixon.png]]</center> |
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| caption = <center>''Richard Nixon in 1963''</center> |
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| header1 = <center>President of the United States of America</center> |
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| header2 = <center>Details</center> |
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|label2 = Native Name |
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|label3 = Date of Birth |
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|data3 = 9 January 1913 |
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|label4 = Place of Birth |
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|data4 = Yorba Linda, California, United States of America |
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|label5 = Age at start |
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|data5 = 49 years old |
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|label6 = Nationality |
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|data6 = [[File:Usaflag.png|25px]] American |
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|label7 = Role |
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|data7 = Starting head of state |
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|label8 = Political Party |
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|data8 = [[Republican-Democratic]] <small>([[Republican]] faction)</small> |
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|label9 = Ideology |
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|data9 = [[File:Conservatism silent conservatism subtype.png|25px]] [[Silent Conservatism]] |
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| headerstyle = {{{Headerstyle|background-color:#27c7fe;color:#061016;}}} |
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| incumbenttitle = 36th [[List of US Presidents|{{color|darkblue|President of the United States}}]] |
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| incumbentdate = January 20, 1961 |
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| toprole = Vice President |
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| toproleholder = John F. Kennedy |
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| precededby = [[Estes Kefauver]] |
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| succeededby = [[John F. Kennedy]] |
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| title1 = United States Senator <br/> from [[w:California|{{color|darkblue|California}}]] |
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| assumed1 = December 1, 1950 |
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| left1 = January 1, 1961 |
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| precededby1 = Sheridan Downey |
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| succeededby1 = Thomas Kuchel |
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| title2 = Member of the <br/> U.S. House of Representatives <br/> from California's 12th district |
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| assumed2 = January 3, 1947 |
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| left2 = November 30, 1950 |
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| precededby2 = Jerry Voorhis |
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| succeededby2 = Patrick J. Hillings |
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| longname = Richard Milhous Nixon |
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| birthdate = January 9, 1913 |
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| birthplace = Yorba Linda, California, U.S. |
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| age = 49 years old |
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| nationality = [[File:Flag_of_the_United_States_(DoS_ECA_Color_Standard).svg|25px]] [[United States of America|American]] |
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| role = Starting leader of the USA |
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| party = [[Republican-Democratic Coalition]] - ([[Republican Party|Republican]]) |
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| otherparty = |
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| ideology = Silent Conservatism |
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'''Richard Milhous Nixon''' (Born January 9, 1913) is a [[Republican Party]] politician and the 36th and starting president of the [[United States of America]] in ''[[TNO|The New Order]].'' |
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=== In-Game Description === |
=== In-Game Description === |
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=== Early Life & Career === |
=== Early Life & Career === |
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Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9th, 1913 on his family's lemon ranch in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon's early life was marked by hardship |
Richard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9th, 1913 on his family's lemon ranch in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon's early life was marked by hardship. At a young age with his father's lemon business going under in 1922 and then losing his younger brother to illness in 1925, he suffered from a nasty case of pneumonia as a young child. However, things started to look up for Nixon in his teens when he joined Fullerton Union High School's debate and basketball teams, however, his older brother, Harold, developed tuberculosis that would later kill him a couple of years later. In 1928, Nixon began his political career on a bad note when he lost the election for student body president. Nixon graduated high school third in his class in 1930 and was offered a tuition grant to attend the prestigious Harvard University. |
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[[File:Nixonflyer1946.jpg|180px|thumb|left|Nixon's 1946 congressional campaign flyer]] |
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Nixon however turn it down as he instead attended the local Whittier College, so he could easier attend college while helping out at his father's grocery store. After finishing his Bachelor ''summa cum laude'' in 1934, Nixon was accepted into Duke University School of Law. After finishing Law School and passing the bar in 1937 Nixon began practicing law in Whittier, California where he met his future wife Pat. In January 1942, Nixon move to Washington D.C. to work under the Officer of Price administration. Nixon however did not enjoy working there so he joined the Navy and was made an officer in the Naval Reserve. Nixon would served in Navy until 1946, when he was convince by a family friend to run for representitives in California 12th district on the Republican ticket. |
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Nixon, however, turned it down to instead attend the local Whittier College, so he could more easily attend college while helping out at his father's grocery store. After finishing his Bachelor ''summa cum laude'' in 1934, Nixon was accepted into Duke University School of Law. After finishing Law School and passing the bar in 1937 Nixon began practicing law in Whittier, California where he met his future wife Pat. In January 1942, Nixon moved to Washington D.C. to work under the Officer of Price Administration. Nixon, however, did not enjoy working there so he joined the Navy and was made an officer in the Naval Reserve, serving between 1942 and 1946. In 1946, Nixon was convinced by a family friend to run in California's 12th congressional district election on the Republican ticket. |
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=== Road to the Presidency === |
=== Road to the Presidency === |
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[[File:Portrait of congressional freshman class of 1947.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Nixon (back row, far right) and John F. Kennedy (second from the right) participate in a radio broadcast as 1947 freshmen House members.]] |
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After winning the position of Representative in 1946, Nixon would soon move on to becoming one of California's two senators in 1950, a position he would hold until he ran for president in 1960. During his time as Senator, Nixon would work closely with fellow Republican senator Joe McCarthy in his Grey Scare to root out suspected Fascists within the US federal government. Nixon's role in the Grey Scare would give him a reputation as an anti-fascist crusader. |
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After being elected as the Representative for California's 12th district in 1946 and 1948, Nixon would go on to be elected as a Senator from California in 1950. Nixon would remain as a Senator until 1961, when he resigned his Senate seat to assume the Presidency. During his time as Senator, Nixon would work closely with fellow Republican senator Joe McCarthy in his Grey Scare to root out suspected Fascists within the US federal government. Nixon's role in the Grey Scare would give him a reputation as an anti-fascist crusader. |
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[[File:Electoral College 1960(TNOpediA).png|thumb|1960 presidential election results]] |
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In 1960, Nixon found himself in an interesting position as was convinced by the Republican party leadership to run for President on a two party ticket with the Democratic senator John F. Kennedy out of fear of growing popularity of the National Progressive Pact. A fear that given the Nixon-Kennedy ticket landslide victory in the 1960 election seemed to be a bit premature. |
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In 1960, Nixon was convinced by the Republican party leadership to run for the Presidency under the [[Republican-Democratic Coalition|{{color|#00ffdf|Republican-Democratic Coalition (RDC)}}]] alongside [[Democratic Party|{{color|#2300ff|Democratic}}]] senator [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[1960 United States presidential election|that year's presidential election]]. The ticket would be the first time two candidates on the same ticket were from opposing parties since Republican president Abraham Lincoln ran with Andrew Johnson, a Democrat in 1864. |
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The Nixon-Kennedy ticket would defeat the [[National Progressive Pact|{{color|#ec8e03|National Progressive Pact (NPP)}}]] ticket, consisting of [[Henry M. Jackson]] and [[J. William Fulbright]], in a landslide. Nixon would win 424 electoral votes and 58.5% of the national popular vote. |
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==== "Dirty Tricks" campaign ==== |
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Nixon's landslide victory would not prove entirely fairly won. Using ties with F.B.I. Director, J. Edgar Hoover, Nixon would employ a campaign of "dirty tricks", which would see several sabotage operations be enacted against the NPP and its candidate, [[Henry M. Jackson]]. Nixon's campaign would begin to steal crucial information from files taken from the NPP and discredit the Pact by making light of the Nazi and Communist members, including [[Francis Parker Yockey]] and [[Gus Hall]]. Nixon would approve the wiretapping of the National Progressive Pact Headquarters and would work on dividing the NPP in the election to hinder their chances of winning while boosting the Republican Party's standing in the RDC. |
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The "Dirty Tricks" campaign would prove to be a resounding success, aiding in the hindering of the NPP's growth and Nixon's own dominance of the RDC during his time as President. |
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=== Presidency === |
=== Presidency (1961-1964) === |
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Nixon was inaugurated on January 20th, 1961, and was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Pat Nixon held the family Bibles open at Isaiah 2:4, which reads, "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks." In his inaugural address, which received almost uniformly positive reviews, Nixon remarked that "the greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker"—a phrase that found a place on his gravestone. |
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==== Foreign Policy ==== |
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[[File:Einheitspakt.webp|150px|thumb|The flag of the [[Einheitspakt]]]] |
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[[File:Tno sphere.webp|150px|thumb|The flag of the [[Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere]]]] |
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Nixon continued the policy of "containment", the belief that the United States should limit the expansion of fascism abroad rather than enter into direct confrontation with the German-led Einheitspakt and the Japanese-led Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Nixon would often act as the decider in foreign policy matters; often ignoring his own Secretary of State, William P. Rogers. |
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As President, Nixon would have to deal with escalating tensions between the African Reichskommissariats ([[Reichskommissariat Zentralafrika|Zentralafrika]], [[Reichskommissariat Ostafrika|Ostafrika]] and [[Reichskommissariat Südwestafrika|Südwestafrika]]) and [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]]. The US would undergo an economic battle with the Reichskommissariats to claim economic dominance over South Africa. The tensions would soon continue to escalate, which would lead to the [[South African War]] in November of 1963. [[File:U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A U-2 reconnaissance photograph of Hawaii, showing Japanese nuclear missiles.]] |
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Furthermore, Nixon would have to deal with the [[Hawaiian Missile Crisis]], involving the placement of Japanese ICBM missiles on the Hawaiian Islands. Nixon would be given recommendations to invade the islands in 1961, however, he took the advice of Vice President Kennedy and chose not to invade while allowing Kennedy to enter into negotiations with Japan. While the United States has laid claim to the islands since 1959, they remain under Japanese control. |
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While Hawaii would prove to be a big focus of the Nixon administration, the threat to the independence of the Philippines would prove to be daunting. With a Japanese presence on the island of Luzon, the Japanese sought to remove American influence from the Pacific entirely, which included the American-supported Free Philippines Republic. |
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==== Domestic Policy ==== |
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===== Civil Rights ===== |
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By the time of Nixon's inauguration, the issue of Civil Rights had gripped the nation since the 1950s. While Civil Rights protests had become more prominent by the month, Nixon had employed a stance of ignoring the problem in the hopes that not fueling either side would make the protests less prominent. The fragile [[Republican-Democratic Coalition]] was split on their support of Civil Rights, with conservative Democrats and Republicans being against it and liberal Democrats and Republicans being for it. |
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Nixon attempted to hedge the issue by trying to appease both civil rights leaders and segregationists. This attempt to toe the line would ultimately fail and lead to nationwide riots. In the ideal of "law and order", Nixon would bolster the American police force to handle the massive riots. |
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Although the cause of Civil Rights was entirely unignorable by 1962, Nixon continued to try and remain politically neutral, however, the vocally pro-civil rights Kennedy and the Civil Rights Act of 1962 would end up forcing Nixon to acknowledge civil rights and his decision to either pass the bill or veto it would decide America's relationship with race permanently. |
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===== Economy ===== |
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When Nixon entered office, he oversaw an era of stagnation. As the American economy struggled, so did many other nations connected to the US economy, especially Canada. As Nixon began to devalue the US Dollar, it caused an economic recession that would be dubbed the "Nixon Shock". With the American economy still struggling, many are beginning to call it the "American Malaise". |
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== Gameplay == |
== Gameplay == |
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