Premise: Richard Milhous Nixon ( January 9 , 1913 -- April 22 , 1994 ) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974 , when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office . He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower , and prior to that as a U.S. Representative and also Senator from California . Nixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950 . He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower , the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1952 election . In 1968 , he ran for the presidency again and was elected by defeating incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey .
Hypothesis: Richard Nixon was incapable of being involved in politics.
Label: CONTRADICTION