Why did Nixon leave office?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Nixon 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.

Answer 3

President 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.

Answer 4

He was spying on the democrats during the election, which was illegal.

Answer 5

Richard 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.

Answer 6

It was because of the Watergate scandal. he would have been impeached if he hadn't resigned.

Answer 7

To avoid getting impeached