Born in Orangeburg , South Carolina , he attended Townsend Harris High School in New York City and graduated from Lincoln University ( Pennsylvania ) in 1921 . He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and began practicing in Philadelphia . After entering private practice , Nix became active in the Democratic Party as a committeeman from the fourth ward in 1932 . He became a special assistant deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1934 and delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
Robert N. C. Nix Sr.