Janunary 20, 1969
William taft was in office
Richard Nixon is the only President to resign from office.
Richard Nixon- he resigned in August 1974 over the Watergate Scandal. He was re-elected for a second term in '72, so still had two years left to go when he resigned. His Vice-President Gerald Ford took over the post until the elections in '76, when he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.
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Nixon was the first and only president to resign from office.
The war was already going on seriously when Nixon took office. He took it into Cambodia and it was still going on when he left office.
He pardoned Richard Nixon soon after he took office.
why did richard nixon resign the offecer of president
Ford was appointed VP by Nixon. When Nixon resigned, Ford became president.
Nixon left office on August 9, 1974.