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Assured that the US Senate would vote to convict him, Richard Nixon resigned the Presidency on 9 August 1974 because of the watergate scandal.
He was spying on the democrats during the election, which was illegal.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoNixon was implicated in the Watergate scandal and appeared likely to be impeached before long. Rather than make the country, his supporters and himself suffer through a long and tedious trial in the Senate , he chose to resign and hope his successor would pardon him from future litigation.
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∙ 12y agoPresident Nixon resigned from office after being impeached. The reason Nixon was impeached was because of the Watergate scandal, where Nixon has allegedly hired 2 men to break into the Democratic Headquarters. At first there was no proof it was Nixon, but after a White House aid leaked that Nixon recored everything that went on his office, the chief investigator, Archibald Cox, whom Nixon had chosen, he refused and fired Cox. Eventually Nixon was forced to release the tapes, and although incriminating him for many scandals including Watergate, there was a gap in them that was never recovered. Nixon was impeached for this and before Congress voted on his conviction, Nixon resigned. He was the second president to be impeached, but the first to resign from office. To avoid actual conviction and forced removal from office, Nixon resigned.
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∙ 8y agoHe was spying on the democrats during the election, which was illegal.
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∙ 9y agoRichard Nixon resigned from office of the president because he was going to be impeached. This was due to the Watergate scandal and his involvement in it.
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∙ 13y agoIt was because of the Watergate scandal. he would have been impeached if he hadn't resigned.
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To avoid getting impeached
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Which president was asked to leave the office?
Richard Nixon
Which presidant had to leave office as result or the watergate scandal?
richard nixon
Was Richard Nixon the third president to be forced to leave office before the end of his term?
No, he was the first president to be impeached or forced to leave his office before hie term was up
Richard Nixon was the third President to be forced to leave office before the end of his term.?
No, he was the first president to be impeached or forced to leave his office before hie term was up
Who was Nixon's vice president when he first took office and why did he have to leave office?
Spiro T. Agnew was Nixon's running mate both times that he won. He served from January 1969 until, in the heat of the Watergate break-in investigation, he resigned in October 1973, ten months before President Nixon's resignation.
Who was in office when Richard Nixon was born?
William taft was in office
What happen to bring his presidency to a end?
Some presidents are elected to two four year terms and leave office at the end of their term in office. Some presidents are elected to one four year term and leave at the end. The other presidents died in office, except Richard Nixon who was forced to resign.
How many presidents stepped down from office due to pressure?
Richard Nixon is the only President to resign from office.
What job did Richard Nixon have after he resigned from office?
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Who was the only to ever resign from office?
Nixon
Who is only resign from office?
Richard Nixon
How did Nixon leave the office?
In the summer of 1974 Richard Nixon faced mounting pressure because of the continuing discoveries of the Watergate scandal. His approval rating reached an all time low of 23%. Finally on August 9th, 1974 Richard Nixon resigned in order to avoid facing impeachment by the Congress.
