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Nixon was the first U.S. president to resign from office. Pr…
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Nixon was the first U.S. president to resign from office. Proof that even leaders sometimes rage-quit.
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Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974 amid the Watergate scandal. He remains the only U.S. president to have resigned.
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