President Nixon

Richard Nixon served as president from 1969 to 1974, and he was the only president to resign. Although he ended up resigning in his second term, he did a lot of good for America. He ended the US involvement in the Vietnam War and brought the American prisoners of war home. He created diplomatic relations with China and eased the relations with the Soviet Union with détente, and also ended the moon race.  Nixon desegregated the schools in the South, while also creating War on Cancer and Environmental Protection Agency. These federal organizations were to find a cure to cancer and also protect the environment and human health. But then in his second term, there was the Watergate scandal and he had many problems with his abuse of power. Nixon was involved in the break-in of the democratic national committee and he then investigated other activist groups to cover this up. But the FBI found the hush money on the burglars, and further found from John Dean in a televised court battle that Nixon has tape recordings of conversations. He didn't give it up, but with his loss of political support, he was going to be impeached. This lead to his resignation before he could be impeached. How would you rank Nixon as a president?