Question

How did President Nixon leave office? A. He finished out his second term. B. He was impeached and removed. C. He resigned. D. He died

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) he resigned.

President Nixon left office because he resigned.

One of the worst political scandals in the history of the United State was the Watergate scandal. It cost Richard Nixon's Presidency. On October 30, 1973, the US House of Representatives started investigations of possible impeachable offenses committed by President Nixon during the Watergate Scandal. In July 1974, the Judiciary Committee accused Nixon of Obstructing Justice, Contempt of Congress, and abuse of power. Nixon had to resign to avoid impeachment.

Answer 2

President Nixon resigned his office, otherwise, he was going to be impeached. So, option C is correct.

Richard Milhous Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, becaming in the only U.S. president to do so.

By late 1973, the Watergate scandal increased, costing Nixon much of his political support.

By resigning he claimed in an address from the Oval Office: “By taking this action,” “I hope that I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America.”