Edward Calvert Nixon is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
entrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and the youngest and last surviving brother of former United States President
Richard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
. He coauthored his memoir,
The Nixons: A Family Portrait, with Karen L. Olson. The book was published in 2009.
Early life
Born in
Whittier, CaliforniaWhittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles. The city had a population of 85,331 at the 2010 census, up from 83,680 as of the 2000 census, and encompasses 14.7 square miles . Like nearby Montebello, the city constitutes part of the Gateway Cities...
, Edward is the youngest child of
FrancisFrancis Anthony "Frank" Nixon was an American businessman and the father of U.S. President Richard Nixon....
and Hannah Nixon. In addition to his brother, Richard, Edward had three other siblings:
Harold NixonHarold Samuel Nixon was a brother of United States President Richard Nixon, the eldest of five children:*Harold Nixon*Richard Nixon *Donald Nixon...
(June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933),
Donald NixonFrancis Donald Nixon was a brother of United States President, Richard Nixon.He was the third of five children:*Harold Nixon *Richard Nixon *Donald Nixon...
(November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987) and
Arthur NixonArthur Burdg Nixon was a brother of President Richard Nixon.He was the fourth of five children:*Harold Nixon *Richard Nixon...
(May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925).
Nixon graduated from
Duke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
with a BS in 1952 and from NC State College with an MS in 1954.
Watergate
In 1974, Nixon was the first witness for the defense in the
Maurice StansMaurice Hubert Stans was an American accountant, high-ranking civil servant, Cabinet member, and political organizer...
and
John N. MitchellJohn Newton Mitchell was the Attorney General of the United States from 1969 to 1972 under President Richard Nixon...
conspiracy trial. He contradicted the testimony of two of the Government's chief witnesses. Later that year, the staff of the Senate
WatergateThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement...
committee disclosed additional information to support the charge that
Charles RebozoCharles Gregory "Bebe" Rebozo was a Florida banker who became famous for being a friend and confidant of President Richard Nixon...
gave or lent part of a $100,000 "campaign contribution" to President Nixon's personal secretary
Rose Mary WoodsRose Mary Woods was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in the Congress in 1951, through his Vice Presidency, Presidency, and until the end of his political career. Before H.R...
, and to Edward and Donald Nixon.
Nixon World Enterprises, Inc.
Nixon is currently president of Nixon World Enterprises, Inc., a service company based in Washington state.
Personal life
Edward Nixon is the last surviving member of the four Nixon brothers, in the wake of
brother Richard's death in 1994On April 22, 1994, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, died after suffering a stroke four days earlier. His public funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in his hometown of Yorba Linda, California...
.
Depictions in media
In the 1995
Oliver StoneWilliam Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
film
NixonNixon is a 1995 American biographical film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal life of former US President Richard Nixon, played by Anthony Hopkins....
, a youthful Edward Nixon is played by Mikey Stone.
External links
http://www.TheNixons-AFamilyPortrait.com