Herman Clarence Nixon

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Herman Clarence Nixon
Born1886
Died1967
Alma mater Auburn University
OccupationAcademic
Children John Trice Nixon
Relatives Mignon Nixon (granddaughter)

Herman Clarence Nixon (1886 – 1967) was an American political scientist and a member of the Southern Agrarians.

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Early life

Herman Clarence Nixon was born in 1886 in Possum Trot, Alabama. [1] He was educated in the public schools of Jacksonville, Alabama and attended the Jacksonville State normal school, graduating in 1907. [2] He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University. [3] He went to graduate school at University of Chicago. [1] During World War I, he served in the United States Army in Europe. [1]

Career

Nixon taught Political Science at Vanderbilt University from 1925 to 1928. [1] During that time, he joined the Southern Agrarians and contributed an essay to I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition . [1] From 1928 to 1938, he taught at Tulane University. [3] He then taught at Vanderbilt University again, from 1938 to 1955. [1]

Nixon served as the President of the Southern Political Science Association in 1944 and 1945, [4] though there was no meeting in 1945. [5] Additionally, he was a member of the Southern Regional Committee of the Social Science Research Council. [3]

Nixon served as the Chairman of the Southern Policy Committee from 1935 to 1937. [1] He lobbied in favor of the Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937. [1] By 1938, he became the Executive Secretary of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. [1] [4] Even though he quit by 1939, he felt threatened by the House Un-American Activities Committee. [1] Nevertheless, he joined the Americans for Democratic Action in 1947. [1]

Personal life

Nixon had a son, John Trice Nixon, who served as a United States federal judge. [6] His daughter-in-law, Betty C. Nixon, served on the Nashville city council from 1975 to 1987 and later worked for Vanderbilt University. [6] His granddaughter, Mignon Nixon, [6] is a professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

Death

He died in 1967.

Works

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