WashingtonPost.com: Nixon Resigns Search Post Watergate Stories Also from The Post: Anatomy of a Scandal Editorial: The Resignation of a President Go to Watergate Chronology Go toWatergate Front Nixon Resigns Richard Nixon announceshis resignation in 1974. AP File Photo By Carroll Kilpatrick Washington Post Staff Writ

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Character Above All: Richard M. Nixon Essay RICHARD M. NIXON Excerpted from an essay by Tom Wicker: Richard Nixon was an introvert in the extroverted calling of the politician. And as if that were not problem enough for him, he was an intellectual appealing to a public that puts low value on eggheads. I dont mean an i

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The History Place - Impeachment: Richard Nixon Richard Nixon 37th U.S. President 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. In 1962, Nixon ran uns

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