Theodore Roosevelt was the Vice president under Former President William McKinley.
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Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
Theodore Roosevelt was the 25th Vice-President of the United States. He served in that capacity from 4 March to 19 September 1901 under President William McKinley. When McKinley was assasinated, Roosevelt became President.
Franklin Roosevelt was president when the FBI was officially started in 1935. Before that there a special agent force set up in the treasury department starting when Theodore Roosevelt was president in 1908.
Theodore Roosevelt
There are several men who rose to the office of President of the US but were not elected to it. Gerald Ford is the only man who was not elected to either the office of President or Vice President though. Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson were all sworn in after the presidents they served under died.