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Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan will take the oath as the new President at noon to complete the remaining 2 1/2 years of Mr. Nixon's term. ... Post Investigates | Government Acts | Nixon Resigns | Deep Throat Revealed Key Players | Resources | Cartoons | Multimedia...
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Richard Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of...
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Watergate scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Watergate scandal refers to a political scandal in the United States in the 1970s. Named for the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., effects of the scandal ultimately led to the resign...
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Nixon announces and explains his decision. ... On August 8, 1974, a unique and tragic event in American politics occurred as President Richard M. Nixon spoke on TV to the American public announcing his decision to resign the presidency. Nixon's decision came after the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives voted...
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The events surrounding Watergate and impeachment proceedings against Nixon. ... About President Nixon: ... He served as vice president under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-61. Nixon ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1960, losing by a very close margin to John F. Kennedy.
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Richard Nixon announces he is to step down as president of the United States - the first man ever to do so. ... Mr Nixon, 61, said initially he had believed it was his duty to complete his term of office despite the Watergate charges.
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Washington, Aug. 8 -- Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, announced tonight that he had given up his long and arduous fight to remain in office and would resign, effective at noon tomorrow.
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Chicago and the Midwest had been strongholds of Nixon support that faded away April 30, 1974, after Nixon, forced by congressional pressure, released a 1,308-page transcript of edited Watergate-related conversations between him and key aides.
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Watergate was no "tragedy," no "agony." After Nixon's resignation Gerald Ford said, "Our long national nightmare is over." It was no nightmare at all (I never cried out in the night) but a useful, salutary event which had led us by slow legalistic means to a psychological recognition.
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