2.  His ancestors were fighting in the civil war. They were pioneers from Ireland and Scotland.  He had 4 brothers.

3.  He was born in 1913 in Yorba Linda, California,  He went to Whittier College,  After that he went to Duke University, he studied law there.

4.  He married Pat Ryan on June 21 1940.  They were too poor to take pictures at their wedding.  They had two daughters.

5.  He was elected to the house of representatives in 1947.  In 1950 he was elected to the Senate.  He was elected vice president in 1952 with Dwight D. Eisenhower.

6.  In 1960 he ran for president against John F. Kennedy and lost.  8 years later he ran for president and won.

7.  He started the Environmental Protection Agency.  He ended the Vietnam war.

8.  In 1974 he left the White House because of the Watergate Scandal.  The Republicans broke in to the Democratic National Committee and stole information, this is the Watergate Scandal.

9.  One of his daughters married in the White House.  He went on a helicopter to go to lots of places.

10.  He died in 1994 at the age of 91.