The last President to do so was President Nixon, and he had sufficient reverence for the office to resign before the House even voted articles of impeachment.
According to the complaint, an unnamed assemblyman entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. attorney's office in which he agreed to resign his office after the arrests of the defendants charged in the complaint.
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The last pontiff to resign in office, he was caught up in the leadership crisis known as the Great Schism, in which three rival popes had been elected by rival church factions.
Sweeney believes that President Clinton should resign from office over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
"I believe that a pope should have a term limit or be given the privilege to resign from office, if he can't do his various duties effectively anymore due to health reasons or old age, " he said.
The council's 11 members, including the chief minister, offered to resign following a highly critical report by the Wales Audit Office (WAO).
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Other supporters of the prime minister are calling for Mr Fini, the principal cause of Mr Berlusconi's weakening grip on office, to resign as speaker of the lower house.
But Benedict was the first Pope to resign rather than die in office for hundreds of years, giving more prior warning than usual of the need for a conclave to be held.
Spitzer becomes the first New York governor to resign from office during his term since Nelson Rockefeller quit in 1973.
They are not prepared to say Clinton should resign just because his continuing imbroglios bring disrespect on the office.
Pope Benedict XVI stepped down last month after nearly eight years in office, becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years.
When asked for comment regarding whether Mr. Castro was the unnamed assemblyman and whether he had plans to resign, an individual who answered the phone at Mr. Castro's district office said the assemblyman's chief of staff would issue a press release by the end of the day.
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Earlier this month Tyrrell was forced to resign as den leader of the Tiger Cubs for Pack 109 in Bridgeport, Ohio, because the national office learned she is a lesbian.
He replaced Benedict XVI, who held the office for eight years and became the first pontiff in more than 700 years to resign, saying he no longer had the physical strength to continue.
Italian stocks have fallen, reacting to the news that Prime Minister Mario Monti plans to resign and former premier Silvio Berlusconi is to run for office again.
Only once approved in post will he have to resign as a councillor in Hammersmith if he is to take up the position running the new Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.
The director of the Department of Parks and Wildlife, Willas Makombi, was ordered to resign last year, but remains in office.
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