Richard Nixon
1. Richard Nixon almost became an FBI agent; he had been accepted, but then his would-be position was eliminated by budget cuts.
2. He used public television shows to promote his presidential campaign and win the presidency.
3. The part about Checker's the dog during his political career- saving speech was intended to be a jab at FDR"s famous Fala speech. However, the joke was on Nixon because to this day, his speech is known as the checkers speech which infuriated him.
4. He was commonly know as "Tricky Dick", Dick being a nickname for Richard.
5. Before he was married to his wife, Nixon tried to woo his wife by driving his wife to dates with other men and picking her afterwards.
6. He was quite good at poker (despite being a Quaker which shunned gambling) and won between $6,000 and $7,000 while stationed in the South Pacific. He used this money to help fund his presidential campaign four years later.
7. His all-time high score in bowling was a 232.
8. He could play 5 musical instruments, but never learned how to read music. He could play the piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and violin.
9. He ran a failed orange juice business.
10. He lost his high school president election so in a bitter rage decided to run for the big leagues.
2. He used public television shows to promote his presidential campaign and win the presidency.
3. The part about Checker's the dog during his political career- saving speech was intended to be a jab at FDR"s famous Fala speech. However, the joke was on Nixon because to this day, his speech is known as the checkers speech which infuriated him.
4. He was commonly know as "Tricky Dick", Dick being a nickname for Richard.
5. Before he was married to his wife, Nixon tried to woo his wife by driving his wife to dates with other men and picking her afterwards.
6. He was quite good at poker (despite being a Quaker which shunned gambling) and won between $6,000 and $7,000 while stationed in the South Pacific. He used this money to help fund his presidential campaign four years later.
7. His all-time high score in bowling was a 232.
8. He could play 5 musical instruments, but never learned how to read music. He could play the piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and violin.
9. He ran a failed orange juice business.
10. He lost his high school president election so in a bitter rage decided to run for the big leagues.