Richard Nixon was the 37th U.S. president and the only commander-in-chief to resign from his position, after the 1970s Watergate scandal.

• Richard Milhous Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. The only president to resign from the office, he previously served as the nation’s 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, and as a representative and senator from California.
• Born: January 9, 1913, Yorba Linda, CA
• Died: April 22, 1994, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
• Presidential term: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
• Years of service: 1942–1946 (active); 1946–1966 (inactive)
• Spouse: Pat Nixon (m. 1940–1993)
• Vice presidents: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald Ford (1973–1974)
• First president who did not immediately succeed the president (Dwight Eisenhower) for whom he served as vice president. He served as vice president from 1953 to 1961. He ran to succeed Eisenhower in 1960 but lost the general election. He was first elected president in 1968 and took office in 1969.
• First president to be elected twice to both the presidency (1968 and 1972) and vice presidency (1952 and 1956).
• First president (along with past president John F. Kennedy) to have participated in the first presidential debates. He participated in four televised debates in 1960.
• First president born in California.
• First president to visit the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Romania, Yugoslavia, Israel, Poland, Iceland, Jordan and Syria while in office.
• First president to resign from the presidency. The resignation of Nixon in 1974, was a result of the Watergate scandal. There were efforts by the United States House of Representatives to impeach the president for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. Nixon had also lost the support of his own party.
• First president to appoint a vice president under Section 2 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• First president to be pardoned by another president (Gerald Ford). The pardon of Richard Nixon in 1974, gave Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president.
• First president born on the West Coast.
• First president to receive the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.
• First president to meet an emperor of Japan, having met Hirohito in 1971.
• First president to be named Time Man of the Year for his reelection.
• First president to visit all 50 states.