Richard Nixon (character)
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Character Information
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Richard Nixon (1913-1994) was a former President of the United States who twice appeared as a character on The Simpsons.
Biography
Nixon was the 37th President of the U.S., serving from 1969 to 1974. He was also the 36th Vice President, serving in that office from 1953 to 1961. Nixon holds the historical distinctions of being the only President to resign from office and the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and Vice Presidency. After his time as President, Nixon became a prolific author and an elder statesman in the area of foreign affairs, being consulted by both Republican and Democratic successors to the Presidency. He died of a stroke in 1994.
On The Simpsons
Richard Nixon received an honorary degree from Springfield A&M, conferred on him by the school mascot Sir Oinks-A-Lot. Nixon remained a supporter of both the school and the pig. When Sir Oinks-A-Lot was kidnapped as a prank by Springfield University students, Nixon was one of the pig's "powerful friends" who exerted influence on the Springfield University dean to expel the pranksters.[1]
Mr. Burns once let him win a golf match because Nixon didn't want to go to jail.[2]
Non-Canon
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When Homer was put on trial for his soul by the Devil Flanders, Nixon was summoned to appear as a member of the Devil's hand-picked "Jury of the Damned." Nixon protested that he wasn't dead yet (and had just written an article for Redbook), but agreed to serve after the Devil reminded him that he owed the Devil a favor. [3]
Nixon was in fact still alive at the time of his appearances on The Simpsons, but died just a few months after the episodes in which he appeared first aired.
Appearances
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Episode – "Homer Goes to College" -
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" - Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" (Personified by Mr. Burns)
