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=== Road to the Presidency ===
[[File:Portrait of congressional freshman class of 1947.jpg|200px|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.]]
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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