Julie Nixon marries David Eisenhower
On this day in 1968 Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower both progeny of United States presidents tie the knot in New York City.Julie Nixon was the daughter of Richard M.Nixon who was running for president at the time of the wedding.Her groom was the grandson of Dwight D.
Eisenhower who served as Americas 34th president from 1953 to 1961.Julie and David met at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco California in 1956 while his grandfather was campaigning for re-election.They were both eight at the time.
At the convention Julies father was nominated as Eisenhowers running mate.The two were frequently thrown together during Eisenhowers second term and shared the unusual experience of growing up under the spotlight of national politics.They started dating in 1967 when they were both 19.Author Tabitha Warters who studied presidential offspring noted that Julie and David offered Americans the ideal image of a wholesome all-American couple at a time when the nation was undergoing a counter-cultural revolution and traditional family and relationship roles were being challenged.
Warters quoted Nixon as describing his daughter and her fiance as front-line troops in the battle to reestablishtraditional virtues particularly during his 1968 presidential campaign.Both Julie and David wrote books about their famous and influential relatives.They are still married have three children and live in Pennsylvania.
