Nixon Death 30 Years Later: Remembering Congress Reaction

C-SPAN's The Weekly

It is my sad duty to inform you officially of the death of Richard Milhous Nixon, the thirty-seventh President of the United States

Born in 1913, he was first elected to the Congress in 1946, a member of that historic freshman class of World War II veterans that also included John F. Kennedy. He was elected to the Senate in 1950, and served two terms as Vice President of the United States between 1953 and 1961. His career in the Congress coincided with the great expansion of the American middle class, when men and women from backgrounds as humble as his own secured the triumph of freedom abroad and the promise of economic growth at home

That was a message from President Clinton … read at the beginning of the House session on April 25, 1994. It was the first day Congress met after Richard Nixon’s, death three days earlier.

In 1968, Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator.

Richard Nixon is the most recent president who served in both the House and the Senate. In fact, he was the last of three straight presidents who served in both chambers, following Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. In all, ten presidents have served in both the House and Senate.

Many of the speakers in Congress that April day remembered Nixon in personal terms and with personal stories …

As we approach the 30th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s death … April 22nd … this week's episode of C-SPAN’s “The Weekly” remembers what was said about him -- in both chambers–-- as Congress mourned one of its own.

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