It's called Inauguration Day. In 2009, I believe it's on January 20, though I could be wrong.
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Gerald Ford was elected to office as a U.S. Representative in 1949 at the age of 36. He was not elected to the office of Vice President. He was appointed after Spiro Agnew resigned. He was also not elected to the office of President, and became President after Richard Nixon resigned.
The head of the executive branch is elected. He is the president.
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.
The President is the primary one.
None of the individuals who were elected as President died before taking office. William Henry Harrison was sworn in and died 31 days later.