--- title: Watch The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon in TIME Covers description: From his political beginnings to Watergate and beyond, President Nixon's 55 TIME Magazine cover appearances ranks most all time canonical: https://time.com/3085905/richard-nixon-resignation-anniversary-watergate-time-covers/ author: Corey Protin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-06T15:31:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T08:58:21.585Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch: The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon in TIME Covers og:description: From his political beginnings to Watergate and beyond, President Nixon's 55 TIME Magazine cover appearances ranks most all time. og:url: https://time.com/3085905/richard-nixon-resignation-anniversary-watergate-time-covers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4accc6ddf1de202/69869e8d06f2c12721330364/richard-nixon-time-magazine-cover-551.png?branch=production&width=735&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 735 og:image:height: 413 og:image:alt: richard-nixon-time-magazine-cover-55 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch: The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon in TIME Covers twitter:description: From his political beginnings to Watergate and beyond, President Nixon's 55 TIME Magazine cover appearances ranks most all time. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4accc6ddf1de202/69869e8d06f2c12721330364/richard-nixon-time-magazine-cover-551.png?branch=production&width=735&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon in TIME Covers > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=db7e8d27-a7fc-4032-9b87-54beea11b602&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Watch: The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon in TIME Covers [Watch (HLS stream): Watch: The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon in TIME Covers](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3GFNMs2U.m3u8) (2:58)  _Published 2014-08-06_ by [Corey Protin](https://time.com/author/corey-protin/) and [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/) Aug 6, 2014 3:31 PM UTC by [Corey Protin](https://time.com/author/corey-protin/) and [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/) Aug 6, 2014 3:31 PM UTC In early August of 1974, 40 years ago this week, the news was all President Richard Nixon. On Aug. 5, the “[Smoking Gun](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921119-1,00.html)” tapes were released, revealing to the public that the President had known about Watergate. On Aug. 8, he became the first and only U.S. President to announce his resignation. But Nixon already had a long history in the news, and it didn’t end in 1974\. In fact, no other individual has been featured on the cover of TIME more frequently, with 55 appearances to his name. The irony in all that? None of those covers are from precisely 40 years ago. The week leading up to the resignation, the cover featured Rep. Peter Rodino of the House Judiciary Committee; two weeks later, when the resignation itself made the cover, newly-inaugurated President Gerald Ford was featured. The issue in-between—the issue that would have appeared right around the same time as the tapes went public — went in a different direction: Jack Nicholson. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:02] I come before you tonight as a candidate for the vice [00:05] president. Return. [ MUSIC OVERLAPPING AUDIO ]>> [00:09] Protect and defend the [00:13] Constitution of the United States .>> Vice President [00:17] Nixon has a brief farewell [00:28] conference with Ike before leaving on his 11 day tour [00:29] of the Soviet Union .>> Mr. Nixon, comment ?>> I at [00:29] first disagree with Senator Kennedy in so far as his [00:31] suggestion [ MUSIC ] [ INAUDIBLE ] to what should be [00:44] done. I [00:51] will faithfully execute the office Of President of the [00:51] United States. Tonight I want to talk to you on a subject [00:52] of deep concern to all America. The war in Vietnam. [01:21] Tonight. I again proudly accept that nomination for [01:22] president of the United States. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] [01:24] God dammit I'm [01:40] never going to discuss this son of a **** Watergate [01:43] thing again. never never never. Cause [01:48] people got to know whether or not their president's a [01:50] crook. We'll I'm not a crook i've earned [01:54] everything i've got. At the House of [01:59] Representatives. Adopt articles calling for the [02:02] impeachment of Richard M. Nixon. [ MUSIC ] Good [02:09] evening. President Nixon reportedly will announce his [02:12] resignation tonight, and Vice President Ford will [02:15] become the nation's 38th President tomorrow. I have [02:18] never been. A quitter. To leave office [02:22] before my term is completed is abhorrent to every [02:25] instinct in my body. I'm sorry. I [02:29] just hope I haven't let you down. Well, then I said I just [02:30] hope I haven't let you down. That [02:34] said it all. I had. The [02:41] 37th president of the United States is being laid to rest [02:45] in Yorba Linda, California. 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