The Fall of Richard Nixon

2 Richard Nixon first came in to Politics as very intelligent man, whose background was very respectable and humble. He graduated second in his class from Whittier College in 1934 and went on to Duke Law School. His first political involvement was when he returned from World War II (Aitken 5). Nixon decided to answer a call for someone to run against the five-term Democratic Congressman, Jerry Voorhis. Nixon seemed the perfect man for the job, and he …

…self and his personal paranoia but a host of revelations in 1973 undermined Nixon’s presidency and finally brought him to resign. The article that was the final punch was when Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate robberies called for him to turn over the investigative papers and audio taped White House conversations. He was forced to release these 6 tapes which would have led to a conviction and impeachment but he resigned before he was impeached.