What state was Nixon elected from?

Perhaps you are asking what state Mr. Nixon came from-- California. But in America, the president and vice president are in charge of the entire country, not just one state. It is a governor who is in charge of a state. In addition to being the vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, and then running unsuccessfully for president against John F. Kennedy in 1960, Richard Nixon had already served as a Representative (elected in 1946) and a Senator (1950) from the state of California. But after serving two terms as Vice President, he ran for governor of that state in 1962, and he was defeated.