Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
When the Watergate scandal broke out, Richard Nixon did the honorable thing and quit from the position. Effectively, he became the first POTUS to have ever resigned. His last statement as president was, “I have always tried to do what is best for the nation.”
Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
Calvin Coolidge
After the tragic death of President Warren Harding back in 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge replaced him. The following year, he was elected the president, and he held onto the position until 1929. He was a fan of both small government and laissez-faire foreign policy so he left the office with great reception from the public, despite the fact that the administration had its fair share of scandal. A naturally soft-spoken person, Coolidge never failed to fight for what he thought was right, especially when it came to racial equality and civil rights. However, the other government officials did not always support his advocacies, such as the time he wanted to make lynching a crime on the federal level. Nonetheless, he was able to pass the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted the native Americans citizenship. His biographer described him in this manner: “He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength.”
Calvin Coolidge