In a sense he was. Actually he resigned voluntarily, but it seemed likely that he would be impeached and convicted and so removed from office.
Resign from office.
No, he was the first president to be impeached or forced to leave his office before hie term was up
Richard Nixon, but he was not technically forced out of office, as he resigned himself. He resigned before he would have been impeached.
Richard Nixon resigned because he would have been impeached by congress.
Richard M Nixon, in 1974
Richard Nixon
No, he was the first president to be impeached or forced to leave his office before hie term was up
Ford was not impeached. He became president after Nixon was forced out of office due largely to the Watergate cover up. Nixon was was facing impeachment process but resign prior.
Richard Nixon resigned because he would have been impeached by congress.
Ford was not impeached. He became president after Nixon was forced out of office due largely to the Watergate cover up. Nixon was was facing impeachment process but resign prior.
No one "forced" Nixon to resign. It was the only course of action he could take to avoid impeachment on criminal charges and possible incarceration. Given the mood of the country at the time if he had stayed in office there is a strong possibility that he would have been impeached from office and could have been jailed for his crimes.
The Watergate scandal forced Nixon to resign the presidency.