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The decision was released on Jan. 22, 1973. The Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate. Richard Nixon was the President.
They caused impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate, a virtual certainty in the Democrat-controlled Congress.
Gerald Ford
Had President Nixon been impeached, the trial would have been held in the Senate where he would have been either convicted or acquitted.
Prior to President, Richard Nixon served in the US House of Representatives, the US Senate and Vice-President under Dwight D. Eisenhower.
That President Nixon had been deeply involved in the cover-up. He referred to one meeting in which he and the president, along with other advisers, discussed strategies for continuing the deceit.
Richard M. Nixon, 37th US President, had much government service experience. He was a member of the US House of Representatives, member of the US Senate, and Vice-President of the US under President Eisenhower.
It was controlled by Democrats the first 2 years, and by Republicans for the last 6 years.
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Bill ClintonBill Clinton was the last U.S. President to be impeached. The House impeached him, but the Senate did not remove him from office.
Both nominees had supported segregation in the past
Richard Nixon nominated Gerald Ford to replace resigned Vice President Spiro T Agnew. However he still needed to be approved by the Senate and House of Representatives. On November 27th, 1973 Ford was confirmed by the House as the new Vice President by a vote of 387 to 35. Historically, Nixon was given little choice but to choose Ford as his Vice President.