Edward Calvert Nixon is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

 and the youngest and last surviving brother of former United States President Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

. He coauthored his memoir, The Nixons: A Family Portrait, with Karen L. Olson. The book was published in 2009.

Early life

Born in Whittier, California

Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles. The city had a population of 85,331 at the 2010 census, up from 83,680 as of the 2000 census, and encompasses 14.7 square miles . Like nearby Montebello, the city constitutes part of the Gateway Cities...

, Edward is the youngest child of Francis

Francis A. Nixon

Francis Anthony "Frank" Nixon was an American businessman and the father of U.S. President Richard Nixon....

 and Hannah Nixon. In addition to his brother, Richard, Edward had three other siblings: Harold Nixon

Harold Nixon

Harold Samuel Nixon was a brother of United States President Richard Nixon, the eldest of five children:*Harold Nixon*Richard Nixon *Donald Nixon...

 (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933), Donald Nixon

Donald Nixon

Francis Donald Nixon was a brother of United States President, Richard Nixon.He was the third of five children:*Harold Nixon *Richard Nixon *Donald Nixon...

 (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987) and Arthur Nixon

Arthur Nixon

Arthur Burdg Nixon was a brother of President Richard Nixon.He was the fourth of five children:*Harold Nixon *Richard Nixon...

 (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925).

Nixon graduated from Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 with a BS in 1952 and from NC State College with an MS in 1954.

Watergate

In 1974, Nixon was the first witness for the defense in the Maurice Stans

Maurice Stans

Maurice Hubert Stans was an American accountant, high-ranking civil servant, Cabinet member, and political organizer...

 and John N. Mitchell

John N. Mitchell

John Newton Mitchell was the Attorney General of the United States from 1969 to 1972 under President Richard Nixon...

 conspiracy trial. He contradicted the testimony of two of the Government's chief witnesses. Later that year, the staff of the Senate Watergate

Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a political scandal during the 1970s in the United States resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement...

 committee disclosed additional information to support the charge that Charles Rebozo

Charles Rebozo

Charles Gregory "Bebe" Rebozo was a Florida banker who became famous for being a friend and confidant of President Richard Nixon...

 gave or lent part of a $100,000 "campaign contribution" to President Nixon's personal secretary Rose Mary Woods

Rose Mary Woods

Rose Mary Woods was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in the Congress in 1951, through his Vice Presidency, Presidency, and until the end of his political career. Before H.R...

, and to Edward and Donald Nixon.

Nixon World Enterprises, Inc.

Nixon is currently president of Nixon World Enterprises, Inc., a service company based in Washington state.

Personal life

Edward Nixon is the last surviving member of the four Nixon brothers, in the wake of brother Richard's death in 1994

Death and funeral of Richard Nixon

On April 22, 1994, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, died after suffering a stroke four days earlier. His public funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in his hometown of Yorba Linda, California...

.

Depictions in media

In the 1995 Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...

 film Nixon

Nixon (film)

Nixon is a 1995 American biographical film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal life of former US President Richard Nixon, played by Anthony Hopkins....

, a youthful Edward Nixon is played by Mikey Stone.

External links

• Nixon Fun Facts via Nixon Foundation

http://www.TheNixons-AFamilyPortrait.com