GeoByte1:On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford granted Nixon a pardon for all crimes he may have committed in connection with Watergate.
GeoByte2:In his long political career, Nixon had served as a congressman, senator, Vice President of the United States and President of the United States.
GeoByte3:When President Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974, he was the first president in the history of the United States to do so.
GeoByte4:Richard Nixon died in 1994. He is buried at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California.