Richard Nixon's Centennial Birthday At The Mayflower Hotel

by Sophie Pyle · January 10, 2013

    [Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower]

    Last night, friends and family of Richard Nixon met at the Mayflower Hotel to celebrate the late 37th president's 100th birthday. Guests enjoyed drinks and bites from a cake in the shape of Nixon's childhood home.

    The next president that would be turning 100 is Gerald Ford on July 14 this year. Then, JFK is up on May 29, 2017.

    Richard Nixon passed away at age 81 with his daughters by his bedside after he suffered from a severe stroke a few days prior.

    Guests included: his daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower; Henry A. Kissinger, Ben Stein, brother Edward Nixon, Harry Shearer, Brent Scowcroft, Elizabeth Dole, Haley Barbour, Fred Thompson, Jeri Kehn.

    [Henry Kissinger] [Ben Stein] [Edward Nixon]

    [h/t Washington Post] [Photos via]