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After the confirmation vote in the House, Ford took the oath of office as vice president. Ford became vice president as the Watergate scandal was unfolding. On August 1, 1974, Chief of Staff Alexander Haig contacted Ford to tell him to prepare for the presidency.
Jul 29, 2024 · Gerald Ford was the 38th president of the United States (1974–77), who, as the 40th vice president, had succeeded to the presidency on the resignation of President Richard Nixon, under the process decreed by the Twenty-fifth Amendment.
Gerald Ford's tenure as the 38th president of the United States began on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of president Richard Nixon, and ended on January 20, 1977. Ford, a Republican from Michigan, had been appointed vice president since December 6, 1973, following the resignation of Spiro Agnew from that office. Ford was the only person ...
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew had resigned while under investigation for tax evasion and bribery, and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment directs the president to nominate a vice president if the office is vacant. Ford was confirmed overwhelmingly by both chambers of Congress.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the nation’s only unelected president and vice president, served thirteen terms in Congress before rising to national attention in 1973, when President Richard Nixon nominated him as vice president.
Aug 28, 2023 · President Richard Nixon offers Gerald Ford the nomination for vice president. Ford accepts. December 6, 1973. Ford sworn in. Ford is sworn in as vice president in the House chamber. Ford remarks that he is a “Ford, not a Lincoln.” Nixon resigns. In a televised address to the nation, Richard M. Nixon resigns the presidency. August 9, 1974.
Gerald Ford became the first vice president to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Congress pursuant to the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Ford took the oath of office as vice president on December 6, 1973, and served until August 9, 1974, when he succeeded to the presidency.
Address delivered before a Joint Session of the Congress on December 6, 1973, immediately after taking the Oath of Office as the 40th Vice President of the United States. This text is from the folder "Inauguration Remarks, December 6, 1973" in box 127 of the Gerald R. Ford Vice Presidential Papers.
Jul 30, 2024 · Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president. One month later, on September 8, 1974, Ford pardons Nixon. More. By: Fred Frommer. Fred Frommer is a historian and writer, and author of several books
Dec 2, 2023 · Historian Richard Norton Smith talked about Gerald Ford - and the vice presidency - on the 50th anniversary of Mr. Ford becoming Richard Nixon's vice president on Dec. 6, 1973, after...
