Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987) was a younger brother of

United States President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

Family

He was the third of five sons: *Harold Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933) *

(January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) *Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987) *Arthur Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925) *

Edward Nixon Edward Calvert Nixon (May 3, 1930 – February 27, 2019) was an American entrepreneur and the youngest brother of United States President Richard Nixon. Early life Born in Whittier, California, Edward was the youngest child of Francis and Ha ...

(May 3, 1930 – February 27, 2019)

Life

Nixon married Clara Jane Lemke (1920–2013) in 1942 and had two sons, Richard C. Nixon and

Donald A. Nixon Donald Anthony Nixon (born December 12, 1946) is a businessman. He is the nephew of former President Richard Nixon and the son of Richard Nixon's brother, Donald Nixon and Clara Jane Lemke. Early life Donald A. Nixon grew up in Southern Califor ...

, and a daughter, Lawrene Mae Nixon Anfinson. Billboard for Nixon's restaurant, Orange County, circa 1955

In January 1957

Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer, film producer, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in t ...

lent Nixon $205,000 to bail out his "Nixon's" drive-in restaurant in Whittier, California.DuBois, Larry, and Laurence Gonzales (September 1976)
The Puppet and the Puppetmasters.
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'' The restaurant went bankrupt less than a year later. 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.Stern, Carl (April 10, 1974)
Vanderbilt Television News Archive: Howard Hughes Contribution / Kalmbach Version.
'' NBC Evening News'' Nixon 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-

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chairman

Larry O'Brien Lawrence Francis O'Brien Jr. (July 7, 1917September 28, 1990) was an American politician and basketball commissioner. He was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists for more than two decades. He served as Pos ...

was also secretly working for Hughes.Haldeman, H.R. and Joseph Dimona (1978). ''The Ends of Power.'' Dell:

John H. Meier John H. Meier (born September 28, 1933) is an American financier and business consultant now living in Vancouver, Canada. He is noted for playing a key role in a controversial mine acquisition project for Howard Hughes and for his behind-the-scene ...

, one of Hughes' former business advisors, in collaboration with former vice president

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and others, was using Donald Nixon to feed misinformation to his brother, the President. Meier told Donald that he was sure the Democrats would win the election, since they had a lot of information on Richard Nixon's illicit dealings with Howard Hughes which had never been released, and that Larry O'Brien had the information After becoming the U.S. President, Richard Nixon sent a White House investigator, Anthony Ulasewicz, to "rescue" Donald Nixon's son, Donald Nixon Jr., from a

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commune in the California mountains. Political columnist Jack Anderson revealed the incident in his column of June 21, 1973, and wrote of Ulasewicz, "The burly former private eye persuaded Donald to trim his hair and to return home," and reported that White House aide John Erlichman admonished Donald Jr. in a two-hour lecture "to behave himself and do nothing to embarrass the President", his uncle Richard. In 1974 the staff of the

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Watergate committee disclosed additional information to support the charge that

Charles Rebozo Charles Gregory "Bebe" (pronounced ) Rebozo (November 17, 1912 – May 8, 1998) was an American Florida-based banker and businessman who was a friend and confidant of President Richard Nixon. Early life The youngest of 12 children (he ...

gave or lent part of a $100,000 campaign contribution to President Nixon's personal secretary,

Rose Mary Woods Rose Mary Woods (December 26, 1917 – January 22, 2005) was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in Congress in 1951 through the end of his political career. Before H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman became the operators of Nixon's presi ...

, and to Nixon's brothers, Donald and

.Crewdson, John M. (July 11, 1974). Report Questions Rebozo's Account on Hughes Funds. ''

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Media portrayals

Donald Nixon was portrayed by

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in the 1995

Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...

film '' Nixon''.

Death

On June 27, 1987, Donald Nixon died while undergoing hospital treatment for pneumonia. He was 72 years old.

References

External links

Nixon Fun Facts
via Nixon Foundation {{DEFAULTSORT:Nixon, Donald 1914 births 1987 deaths Nixon family People from Whittier, California 20th-century American politicians Burials at Rose Hills Memorial Park