Pictures of richard nixon resignation

Outgoing United States President Richard Nixon makes a thumbs up gesture during his farewell speech to cabinet members and White House staff, in the East Room of the White House, Washington, Aug.

9, 1974. Julie and David Eisenhower, his daughter and son-in-law, are in the background.

This picture shows President Richard Nixon's letter of resignation to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, August 9, 1974.

Richard Nixon performs the last acts of his devastated presidency in the White House East Room, August 9, 1974, as he bids farewell to his Cabinet, aides, and staff.

Nixon said only a man in the deepest valley can know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

With news that President Nixon will resign, the New York Post is read on the corner by some people waiting for a bus in midtown New York City, August 8, 1974.