Richard M. "Dick" Nixon was a US representative [R–California] from January 1947 to December 1950; a US senator [R–California] from January 1951 to January 1953; vice president of the United States from January 1953 to January 1961; Republican nominee for president in 1960; Republican candidate for governor of California in 1962; and president of the United States from January 1969 until his resignation on 9 August 1974.