President Richard M. Nixon Resigns

August 9, 1974

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Richard Nixon and his family say goodbye to President Gerald R. Ford and his wife, Betty, as the Nixons depart the White House, August 9, 1974. (Richard M. Nixon Library & Museum)

President Nixon resigns the presidency after Congress passes articles of impeachment in the wake of the Watergate scandal. He is succeeded by Vice President Gerald R. Ford.1