Hannah Milhous Nixon was the mother of President

President of the United States

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 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard 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...

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She was born near Butlerville, Indiana

Butlerville, Indiana

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, the daughter of Almira Park (née Burdg), who was from Columbiana County, Ohio

Columbiana County, Ohio

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, and Franklin Milhous, a native of Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio

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. She was married to Francis A. Nixon

Francis A. Nixon

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 and had five children:

• Harold Samuel Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933)
• Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
• Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987)
• Arthur Burdg Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925)
• Edward Calvert Nixon (born May 3, 1930).

Richard Nixon described his mother as "a Quaker

Religious Society of Friends

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 saint." She is acknowledged to have exerted a tremendous effect on her son's outlook throughout his life.

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

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 portrayed Hannah Nixon in the 1995 Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

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 film Nixon

Nixon (film)

Nixon 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....

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