As a direct result of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States_of_America" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vice President of the United States of America">Vice President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> becomes president.