Richard M. Nixon, 37th US President, is the only President to resign from office.
Gerald Ford aka Leslie King Jr. He became the Vice President when Spiro Agnew had to resign as Vice President, owing to his involvement in the tea pot dome scandal. And later when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 due to Watergate scandal, he became the President.
No- Rockefeller , who was appointed to replace Ford, who became President when Nixon resigned, served out the rest of Ford's term.
Well, unfortunately, Tricky Dick was Watergated out of office (he resigned) before the war ended. Ford, his vice president was president when the war ended in '75.
Richard M. Nixon, on the verge of impeachment as a result of the Watergate Scandal , became the first US President to resign from office on August 9, 1974. (The Watergate scandal began on June 17, 1972.)
When a president resigns, the vice president typically takes office.
Gerald Ford was elected to office as a U.S. Representative in 1949 at the age of 36. He was not elected to the office of Vice President. He was appointed after Spiro Agnew resigned. He was also not elected to the office of President, and became President after Richard Nixon resigned.
Richard M. Nixon, in 1974.
Richard Nixon
Gerald R. Ford, (1913-2006) the 38th President of the US. As the Minority Leader in the US House of Representatives, he was chosen to replace Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned as Vice-President in 1973. Ford became President when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, and served until 1977.
The new President was: Gerald R. Ford New Vice-President was: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Gerald Ford became president because he was vice-president when President Richard Nixon resigned that office. Interestingly, he was not elected vice-president but was appointed to this position after Spiro Agnew resigned.
He resigned before he could be impeached because of the Watergate break in. Ford became President and pardoned Nixon soon after taking office.
Gerald Ford was never elected President nor vice-president. He was appointed vice-president when Spiro Agnew resigned and became President when Richard Nixon resigned. He did run for President in 1976 but lost to Jimmy Carter.
Richard M. Nixon, 37th US President, is the only President to resign from office.
Richard Nixon is the first and only President to resign.
Richard Nixon resigned from the office of president in the wake of the Watergate scandal. He left office on August 9, 1974.