On the evening of August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation from the Oval Office, announcing his resignation. This unprecedented event marked the first time a U.S. president resigned from office, a dramatic climax to the Watergate scandal dominating the White House.…
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On November 27, 1973, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was used for the first time. Gerald Ford’s ascent to the position of Vice President of the United States resulted from the political turbulence that marked the early 1970s. In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, then-Vice…
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