Hannah Milhous Nixon
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Hannah Milhous Nixon (March 7, 1885 – September 30, 1967) was the mother of President Richard Nixon.
She was born near Butlerville, Indiana, the daughter of Almira Park (née Burdg), who was from Columbiana County, Ohio, and Franklin Milhous, a native of Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio.[1] She was married to Francis A. Nixon and had five children:[2]
- Harold Samuel Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933)
- Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
- Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987)
- Arthur Burdg Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925)
- Edward Calvert Nixon (born May 3, 1930). [2]
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] On the day Nixon left office, he publicly lauded his mother's influence, calling her a "saint," but surmised that no one would ever write a book about her.
Mary Steenburgen portrayed Hannah Nixon in the 1995 Oliver Stone film Nixon.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/richardn/index.html
- ^ a b c Nixon Fun Facts via Nixon Foundation.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica on line
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