Nixon decided to make his speech on the night of Aug. 8, 1974, telling the nation his resignation would become effective at noon the next day. Rather than apologize, Nixon said, "I have concluded ...

The resignation followed more than a year of ... "And a lot of thoughtful, even grim faces." At the time of Nixon's speech — a Thursday night in the thick of a Milwaukee summer — people ...

Five decades have now passed since Richard Nixon tendered his resignation as president on the morning of August 9, 1974, in the climax to the Watergate scandal. In announcing his resignation in an ...

Richard Nixon at the White House with his family after his resignation as President. (Credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Later that year, on Oct. 20, 1973, Cox refused to compromise on ...

It’s easy for many to forget this, but Nixon’s resignation marked the end of a remarkable series of resignations in US politics. Under pressure from repeated investigations into his finances ...