Richard Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment charges growing from illegal acts during and after his reelection campaign in 1972. This was part of the so-called "Watergate Scandal" that included a break-in at a Washington building and a subsequent White House coverup of its involvement.
Nixon's Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew, had resigned in 1973 after a bribery indictment, and the newly appointed Vice President, Gerald Ford, became President.
noneThe only time that a U.S. President resigned the presidency was when Richard Nixon did so on August 9, 1974.
When Nixon resigned, the vice president, Gerald R. Ford became the president and he did pardon Nixon, a move that may have cost him re-election.
Gerald Ford was the only U.S. president who was never elected into office. He became president after Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.
No- Rockefeller , who was appointed to replace Ford, who became President when Nixon resigned, served out the rest of Ford's term.
Gerald Ford was the US President who was never elected to office. He became President after Richard Nixon resigned.
President Richard Nixon
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One U.S. President resigned before the term ended: Richard Nixon in August, 1974.
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Richard M. Nixon, in 1974.
US President Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency in August of 1974. By doing so, he avoided possible impeachment.
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.
Richard M. Nixon was sworn in as US President on 20 January 1969. He resigned as President on 9 August 1974.
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was appointed vice-president in 1974 after Gerald Ford took over as president when Nixon resigned.
President Nixon resigned.
Ronald Regan The only time a U.S. President resigned was when Richard Nixon did so in 1974.
none The only U.S. President who resigned was Richard Nixon, on August 9, 1974. His first Vice President, Spiro Agnew, resigned ten months earlier, on October 10, 1973.