Francis Donald Nixon (23 November 1914 – 27 June 1987) was the brother of United States President Richard Nixon.

He was the third of five children:

• Harold Samuel Nixon (June 1 1909 – March 7 1933)
• Richard Nixon (January 9 1913 – April 22 1994)
• Francis Donald Nixon
• Arthur Burdg Nixon (May 26 1918 – August 10 1925)
• Edward Calvert Nixon (May 3 1930)

He married Clara Jane Lemke and had a son named Donald A. Nixon.

In January 1957 Howard Hughes loaned Nixon $205,000 to bail out his "Nixon's" drive-in restaurant in Whittier, California. DuBois, Larry, and Laurence Gonzales (September 1976). The Puppet and the Puppetmasters. Playboy The restaurant went bankrupt less than a year later, and the loan was never repaid. Questions about whether this was a political favor dogged Nixon during his campaign for president and later when he sought the governorship of California. Stern, Carl (April 10, 1974). Howard Hughes Contribution / Kalmbach Version. NBC Evening News

He never lived it down, and one of the many speculated motives for the 1972 Watergate burglary that ultimately led to Nixon's resignation was a desire to find proof that the then-Democratic National Committee chairman Larry O'Brien was also secretly working for Hughes. Haldeman, H.R. and Joseph Dimona (1978). The Ends of Power. Dell: ISBN 0440122392

References

External links

• Nixon Fun Facts via Nixon Foundation

People from the Greater Los Angeles Area | 1914 births | 1987 deaths