Brain Hurt #6

[18rabbit]

100-years before this day,<br />From the gallows I did sway.<br />I may be removed in given time,<br />To this end I must resign.<br /><br />I am ?

 

[jtexas]

Re: Brain Hurt #6

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[18rabbit]

Re: Brain Hurt #6

Answer: Richard Nixon<br /><br />100-years before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency to avoid being impeached and removed, another person named Richard Nixon was hanged in England. This poor guy didn’t do anything heinous; he was a petty thief, pickpocket, etc. When tried for a minor crime he was given a death sentence because he was an irritation to the local folks and they were fed up him.