Richard M. Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) was a 20th century Human politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1974.

At some point during his time in office, he greeted computer revolutionary Henry Starling, as well as successfully opening the door to China, becoming the first United States President to visit the Communist nation. 

The Watergate scandal, which led to Nixon's resignation in 1974, was one of the events Q considered to have made life on Earth in the past more interesting than in the 24th century. 

In 2154, upon return from an alternate version of 1944, Starfleet Captain Jonathan Archer was shown the timeline resetting by a temporal agent named Daniels. Images of President Nixon could be seen as the timeline reset itself. 

In 2293, Captain Spock "vouched" to volunteer James T. Kirk as a symbolic olive branch to the Klingons. At the time, he referred to a supposedly old Vulcan proverb that stated "Only Nixon could go to China."