Richard Nixon’s Resignation Address to the Nation, delivered in 1974, is a landmark speech in American political history. In addition to marking the first and only time a U.S. president resigned from office, bringing an end to the Watergate scandal and a constitutional crisis that had deeply shaken the nation, the speech presents Nixon’s perspective in his own words and represents a peaceful transfer of power. The Watergate scandal involved a break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters. Nixon was investigated for his involvement in the attempted cover-up of connections between the men arrested for the break-in and the White House, which amounted to obstruction of justice.