[DOC] [TLE] Jerry Voorhis - Wikipedia [PAR] Horace Jeremiah "Jerry" Voorhis (April 6, 1901  September 11, 1984) was a 
Democratic politician from California. He served five terms in the United States 
House of Representatives from ... Following his defeat by Nixon, he retired from 
politics and worked for almost twenty years as an executive in the cooperative... [DOC] [TLE] California's 12th congressional district election, 1946 - Wikipedia [PAR] An election for a seat in the United States House of Representatives took place in 
California's ... First elected to Congress in 1936, Voorhis had defeated lackluster 
..... The Republican began the general election campaign by replacing Roy Day 
with ..... who had been his political adviser throughout his congressional career. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Nixon - U.S. President - Biography.com [PAR] Born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California, Richard Milhous Nixon was 
the ... Nixon would be up against five-term liberal Democratic Jerry Voorhis, but 
he took on ... his political life, and it worked, helping Nixon win a seat in the U.S. 
House of .... characterized the defeat as the end of Richard Nixon's political 
career. [DOC] [TLE] President Nixon Running for Second Term - CQ Almanac Online ... [PAR] Offices: House of Representatives, 194751; Senate, 195153; Vice President, ... 
In 1950, Nixon won a Senate seat by beating Rep. ... Nixon's political career was 
launched in 1946 while he was completing his service ... Herman Perry, a 
California banker on a citizens' committee searching for a ... Jerry Voorhis (D 
Calif.)... [DOC] [TLE] The Public Record of Richard M. Nixon - CQ Almanac Online Edition [PAR] After his defeat in the California Governorship race, Nixon in May 1963 moved ... 
Goldwater almost immediately after his 1964 defeat began promoting Nixon for ... 
that year increased their membership in the House by 47 seats and in the Senate 
.... Nixon's political career was launched in 1946 while he was completing his... [DOC] [TLE] On This Day: Birthdays: January 9 - The New York Times [PAR] Apr 24, 1994 ... Nixon Tasted Crisis and Defeat, Victory, Ruin and Revival ... eye from the time he 
entered politics in 1946, he propelled himself into a career that ... He began in 
politics as an ardent anti-Communist, and he spent his last years ... controversy, 
he went from Southern California to the House of Representatives,... [DOC] [TLE] Richard Milhous Nixon facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] His first campaign for a congressional seat, in 1946, in California was conducted 
against Jerry Voorhis, a five-term Democratic liberal. ... Nixon was an integral part 
of the White House political operation. ... After his defeat, Nixon moved to New 
York City, where he joined a large law firm and continued his activity on behalf of
... [DOC] [TLE] Biography of Richard Nixon - Richard Nixon Presidential Library and ... [PAR] house his father built in Yorba Linda, California. Richard was ... University's law 
school in May 1934, where he was president of the Student Bar ... Early Political 
Career ... 1946, defeated Democratic Congressman Jerry Voorhis by more than 
fifteen thousand ... California's vacant Senate seat by more than half a million 
votes. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) [PAR] He successfully ran for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1946 against liberal 
Democrat Jerry Voorhis; in 1950, Nixon ran for the California Senate seat and, in 
a ... campaigner who used the postwar red scare to further his political career. ... 
He sat on the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and gained... [DOC] [TLE] Richard Nixon 1995 [PAR] Dec 27, 2011 ... After studying away from home, Nixon came back to California to practice law. On 
his ... His political career began in 1946 when he entered congress by ... 1946, 
claimed victory over Jerry Voorhis, and became congressman in ... 1960, Richard 
Nixon ran for President and was defeated by John F. Kennedy. [DOC] [TLE] Early Career . Nixon . WGBH American Experience | PBS [PAR] But despite his political successes, he never forgot the

Question: He began his political career by defeating Jerry Voorhis in 1946 for a California house seat
Answer: Richard M. Nixon