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Favorite President Final Project (Nixon)
Favorite President Final Project (Nixon)
Favorite President Final Project (Nixon)
In office
January 20, 1969 August 9, 1974
Family tree* Famous relatives:**
King Edward I (21st great grandson)
William Ellery, Signer of Declaration
of Independence (2nd cousin 6
times removed)
Nixon was descended from early
American settler Thomas Cornell
Nixon and Clinton, March 1993 New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
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Death
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Funeral: guests
Attended by over 4000 people, including:
Tricia and Julie and their families
Nixons VP Spiro Agnew, who later died on September 17, 1996
5 presidents: Bill Clinton (in office), George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford
A foreign diplomatic corps of over 200
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Funeral: ceremony
Nixon was honored at Yorba Linda
A military band played patriotic
hymns
4 F-16 flew overhead in the
traditional missing man
formation after a fifth plane
peeled off
21-gun salute, the public
ceremony closed with a Navy
bugler playing taps,
The burial, next to Nixons wife of
53 years, Pat Ryan Nixon, was
limited to family members
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Funeral: ceremony
The funeral was officiated by the Reverend Dr. Billy Graham, a friend of
Richard Nixon
Graham, Kissinger, Dole, Wilson, Clinton delivered eulogies
The funeral was the last major appearance of Ronald Reagan
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