Retirement and death

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Also known as: Richard Milhous Nixon
Quick Facts
In full:
Richard Milhous Nixon
Born:
January 9, 1913, Yorba Linda, California, U.S.
Died:
April 22, 1994, New York, New York
Also Known As:
Richard Milhous Nixon
Political Affiliation:
Republican Party
Notable Family Members:
spouse Pat Nixon

Nixon retired with his wife to the seclusion of his estate in San Clemente, California. He wrote RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) and several books on international affairs and American foreign policy, modestly rehabilitating his public reputation and earning a role as an elder statesman and foreign-policy expert. Nixon spent his last years campaigning for American political support and financial aid for Russia and the other former Soviet republics. Nixon died of a massive stroke in New York City in April 1994, 10 months after his wife’s death from lung cancer. In ceremonies after his death, Pres. Bill Clinton and other dignitaries praised him for his diplomatic achievements. He was buried beside his wife at his birthplace.

Cabinet of President Nixon

The table provides a list of cabinet members in the administration of Pres. Richard Nixon.

Cabinet of President Richard M. Nixon
January 20, 1969–January 20, 1973 (Term 1)
State William Pierce Rogers
Treasury David Matthew Kennedy
John Bowden Connally, Jr. (from February 11, 1971)
George Pratt Shultz (from June 12, 1972)
Defense Melvin Robert Laird
Attorney General John Newton Mitchell
Richard Gordon Kleindienst (from June 12, 1972)
Interior Walter Joseph Hickel
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (from January 29, 1971)
Agriculture Clifford Morris Hardin
Earl Lauer Butz (from December 2, 1971)
Commerce Maurice Hubert Stans
Peter George Peterson (from February 21, 1972)
Labor George Pratt Shultz
James Day Hodgson (from July 2, 1970)
Health, Education, and Welfare Robert Hutchinson Finch
Elliot Lee Richardson (from June 24, 1970)
Housing and Urban Development George Wilcken Romney
Transportation John Anthony Volpe
January 20, 1973–August 9, 1974 (Term 2)
State William Pierce Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger (from September 22, 1973)
Treasury George Pratt Shultz
William Edward Simon (from May 8, 1974)
Defense Elliot Lee Richardson
James Rodney Schlesinger (from July 2, 1973)
Attorney General Richard Gordon Kleindienst
Elliot Lee Richardson (from May 25, 1973)
William Bart Saxbe (from January 4, 1974)
Interior Rogers Clark Ballard Morton
Agriculture Earl Lauer Butz
Commerce Frederick Baily Dent
Labor Peter Joseph Brennan
Health, Education, and Welfare Caspar Willard Weinberger
Housing and Urban Development James Thomas Lynn
Transportation Claude Stout Brinegar
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
This article was most recently revised and updated by Mindy Johnston.