Early Life
Julie Nixon was born while her father, Richard Nixon, was a Congressman. Much of her childhood coincided with her father's service as Dwight Eisenhower's Vice-President (1953–61). As a teenager, she attended the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington along with her sister, Tricia. Julie left school in 1961, after her father lost his presidential bid in 1960, and the family returned to California where her father ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1962. The Nixons moved to New York after the gubernatorial race, and Julie attended Smith College after her graduation from high school and received a master's degree from Catholic University in 1972. As a child, one of her favorite pets was a small dog named Checkers, who figured prominently in her father's most famous vice-presidential speech.
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