Hannah Milhous Nixon
| Hannah Milhous Nixon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Hannah Milhous March 7, 1885 near Butlerville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died |
September 30, 1967 (aged 82) Whittier, California, U.S.[1] |
| Religion | Quaker |
| Spouse(s) | Francis A. Nixon (m. 1908–56, his death) |
| Children |
Harold Nixon Richard Nixon Francis Donald Nixon Arthur Burdg Nixon Edward Calvert Nixon |
| Parent(s) |
Almira Park Burdg Milhous Franklin Milhous |
| Relatives |
Pat Nixon (daughter-in-law) Tricia Nixon Cox (granddaughter) Julie Nixon Eisenhower (granddaughter) David Eisenhower (grandson-in-law) Jennie Eisenhower (great-granddaughter) |
Hannah Milhous Nixon (March 7, 1885 – September 30, 1967) was the mother of President Richard Nixon.
Richard Nixon described his mother as "a Quaker saint."[2] She is acknowledged to have exerted a tremendous effect on her son's outlook throughout his life.[3] In Nixon's final remarks at the White House on August 9, 1974, he stated about her, "Nobody will ever write a book, probably, about my mother. Well, I guess all of you would say this about your mother -- my mother was a saint. And I think of her, two boys dying of tuberculosis, nursing four others in order that she could take care of my older brother for 3 years in Arizona, and seeing each of them die, and when they died, it was like one of her own. Yes, she will have no books written about her. But she was a saint."[4]
Early life
She was born near Butlerville, Indiana, the daughter of Almira Park (née Burdg; 1849-1943), who was from Columbiana County, Ohio, and Franklin Milieus (1848-1919), a native of Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio.[5]
Family
She was married to Francis A. Nixon and had five sons:[2]
- Harold Samuel Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933)
- Former President Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994), married to Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan and had two daughters.
- Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987), married to Clara Jane Lemke and had three children, including Donald A. Nixon
- Arthur Burdg Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925)
- Edward Calvert Nixon (born May 3, 1930)[2]
In popular culture
Mary Steenburgen portrayed Hannah Nixon in the 1995 Oliver Stone film Nixon.[6]
References
- ↑ "The Nixon Family". Nixon Library and Museum. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Nixon Fun Facts via Nixon Foundation.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica on line
- ↑ "AllPolitics – President Richard Nixon's Final Remarks At The White House". Cnn.com. 1974-08-09. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Linville, Susan E. (1 June 2004). History Films, Women, and Freud's Uncanny. University of Texas Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-292-70269-1.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rebekah Baines |
Mother of the President of the United States Posthumous January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974 |
Succeeded by Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford |
