Annalee Ferguson. Dr. Wolfe. Dc American History. 30 March

Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal left no doubt to his involvement of being impeached. During the Nixon Administration, he was able to prevent colleges from being gender biased and allowing both male and female to have equal opportunity and receiving financial aid as well as competing in sports. He was able to establish the Environmental Protection Agency. He also worked to create a relationship between the U.S and the Middle East. Unfortunately, even with all of the accomplishments, he was able to have, everyone will remember Richard Nixon as the president who was involved in the Watergate scandal. The Watergate scandal left an asterisk by his legacy while being in the office, the results left him with having to resign and with him facing criminal charges as well, the Scandal became well known to the public in the summer of 1974. Through my essay, I will discuss why I am intrigued by the Watergate scandal, and discuss what if Richard Nixon never got caught on the audio tape?

Ford did not die an unaccomplished man. Even in his early years, the man achieved many things. In high school, Ford was a member of the honor society and both the “All-City” and “All-State” football teams. Even before his presidency, the man was involved in politics. This started in 1940, when he participated in Wendell Willkie’s presidential campaign. Later, Ford and fraternity brother from the University of Michigan, Philip A. Buchen, set up a law partnership in the place he grew up: Grand Rapids, Michigan. During World War II, Ford joined the Navy, serving in the South Pacific and holding the rank of lieutenant commander. In 1948, Ford became a member of Congress, which he was a part of for 25 years. Later on, in 1965, he served the role of House minority leader. Even after his presidency, Ford was active in politics. He went to hundreds of colleges and universities to speak about issues such as foreign policy, Congressional relations, and federal budget policies. In 1979, Ford released a memoir called A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford. In 1981, the Gerald R. Ford Library and the Gerald R. Ford Museum were dedicated. Ford went to conferences at both of these places and would discuss various political subjects such as German reunification, relations with the Soviet Union, and national security. One year later, Ford established the AEI World Forum. This was a gathering of prominent world leaders and business executives to discuss issues impacted by political and business

Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, was born on January 9th, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon was a Republican congressman who served as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He ran for president in 1960 but lost to charismatic Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy. Eight years later, Richard Nixon returned to the race and won the White House by a solid margin (Networks). After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with the U.S.S.R. and China, he became the only President to ever resign the office, as a result of the Watergate scandal (White House). On August 8th, 1974, Richard Nixon decided to resign from office because he felt that he no longer had a “strong enough political base in the Congress". In order to leave off a good impression of himself, outline the positive changes that he had made during his presidency, and inform the reason behind his resignation, he delivered a speech. In his speech “Resignation Address to the Nation”, Nixon speaks directly to the citizens of the United States and at the same time tries to indirectly get his message across to the rest of the world. I think Richard Nixon’s speech was effective because he used tools such as rhetorical devices to make his audience realize that he was resigning for their greater good.

President Richard Nixon resigned from office in 1974 which led to President Gerald Ford taking his place. The day of Nixon’s resignation he made a speech to the American people. This speech was to let America know that this was the best thing he could do for the country. The next day Ford was sworn into office and he also gave a speech. This speech shared a similar purpose to the speech given by Nixon the day before. The purposes of these two speeches, although were given for different things, were very similar.

The impact of the scandal led to his resignation. He had to choose between resigning and getting impeached. He preferred the first. He was going to be impeached for three major violations. They were violation of constitutional oath, prevented, obstructed, and impeded administration of justice, and concealed those responsible of prison. However he avoided them by resigning and also getting a pardon from the next president-Gerald Ford.

President Richard Nixon’s Watergate incident and resignation in August of 1974 left the nation feeling skeptic toward the national government. Gerald Ford, who was not elected by the public, took the oath of office and became the 38th president of the United States. President Ford, coined with a repugnant image in both the eyes of the public and the media, was defeated by 56 electoral votes in the election of 1976. Jimmy Carter managed to receive similar distasteful images by the end of his single term as well. Although there were similarities between Ford and Carter, the two presidents were different in terms of previous experience, domestic policies, and foreign affairs.

Nixon win the re-election. The men were found to be connected to Nixon himself. Upon being

For the case of discussing Gerald Ford, one of the most important events of his time as president is how he became one. After going into Republican politics at law school, he served in the House of Representatives for decades being re-elected twelve times. Even though he has never achieved his main goal of becoming speaker of the House, he was still supported by many, even including President Richard Nixon. In 1973, Spiro Agnew resigned the office of Vice President of the United States. When there was no Vice President left,“after pleading no contest to a change of income tax evasion, President Richard Nixon was empowered by the 25th Amendment to appoint a new Vice President” (Library 2). To explain,

Former President Richard Nixon is most well-known for his role in the Watergate crisis in the early 1970’s. The Watergate crisis started in June of 1972, when the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters was broke into by members of Nixon’s re-election committee. The press took this breaking news and began to dig deeper into what the Whitehouse (President Nixon) was hiding. Over the next two years heavy investigations into the Watergate incident revealed that President Nixon did, in fact, ordered a cover-up to keep the incident under control. Fearing impeachment, President Nixon resigned his presidency in August 1974,

President Richard M. Nixon’s administration had to face many international and domestic challenges in the United States between 1968 and 1974, some positive and some negative. His achievements in expanding peaceful relationships with both China and the Soviet Union are contrastingly different with his continuation of the Vietnam War. In the end, Nixon’s scandals and abuse of presidential power caught up to him, and his administration did much to corrode America’s faith in the government.

Richard Nixon. If you didn’t already know, there is a very large amount of controversy surrounding this former president. A large part of this controversy has something to do with him being elected president in both 1968 and 1972. These many years allowed many good, bad, and controversial topics surrounding Nixon. Before we can get to all this controversy in regards to this president, we shall explore what Nixon did before his presidency and what policies he had while he was still in office, because it has become blatantly obvious that too many people in the United States are

On September 8, 1974, Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for all crimes committed while in office. There has been controversy over whether he should have or not. Timothy Noah, former Slate staffer and author of Why Pardoning Nixon Was Wrong, believes he should not have pardoned Nixon. Noah gives many reasons as to why pardoning Nixon was wrong. The main reason is that it set a bad precedent. Ford did not actually know what he was pardoning Nixon for. When you are pardoning somebody, it is probably a good idea to know what you are pardoning him for. Because Nixon was pardoned, we really do not know what would have happened if he even had stood trial. If he did, future presidents would quickly learn that they are not above the law.

Nixon's extreme secrecy led him to be withdrawn from the rest of the country. He

She attended Connecticut College for women. Phyllis was a model was blond hair. The bond was strong for the four years they both went to college. When they had separated, Ford went back to Grand Rapids to continue law in 1941, while Brown stayed in the area of her college. Back at Grand Rapids, Ford was growing strong in law practice along with his friend good friend Phillips Buchen. Once taking on time in law politics were on his mind. Ford supported Wendell Willkie, a Republican from Indiana, when it was a failure against President Franklin D Roosevelt in 1940. He joined a group of Republicans called the “Home Front”, who disapproves the local Republican headed by the imperious boss Frankly. When the Japanese did a blind attack on Pearl Harbor, that made Ford's life long career on the side to enlist in the Us Navy. Ford got called to duty in April 1942. Usually a man with a life long goal doesn't pull away from dreams, but Gerald did four years in military activity, aboard the Monterey. Monterey was an aircraft carrier stationed in the south Pacific. In the military for four long years participated in several battles with the Japanese, honored with ten service stars as a very well dependable office/ good leader. When the aircraft met a Typhoon, Ford almost wipe off the ship and that was the closest thing near death he told the world, little that awaited in his

Gerald Ford had a rough beginning with a caring mother who overcame a tragic time and made for a better future for the both of them. His growing political interests were put on hold a time or two, but eventually he knew what he wanted to do. He never had his mind set on being the president of the United States, however his fate thought differently and on August 9, 1974 he became president. Gerald Ford was faced with a problematic beginning that characterized the rest of his very controversial career of war, politics, and his astounding impact upon human life. Gerald Ford made an influence on many throughout his life and will be remembered in the years that will go past.