@oralloy,
He actually resigned because it was a series of degelations from his own party that convinced him that they would vote to convict in his upcoming impeachment trial.
He did personally engage in the cover up of the Watergate Break in and obstructed justice in its investigation by paying off witnesses.(He probably had nothing to do with the planning and the eecution of the Break-in, I believe) He also sicced the FBI and IRS onto people in his "enemies list"Thats all in The Public record. He wasnt "Lynched" (even in an symbolic reference) .He lived to resign and his resignation was well thought out because he would have been found guilty because there were quite a few GOP's in the Senate who would have voted to convict and he would have been removed from office and then would certainly have been tried in court. That could have resulted in a stay (no matter how brief) in Allenwood Pa. Prison.
However, Like Warren Harding He was , pretty good in a few specific areas. For me it was being the Founder President of the EPA. Thats something that was really needed then, and now.Its Trump who has continued in the weakening of the agency in orders that began way back in the Reagan regime.