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.
Gerald Ford. He was appointed Vice president by President Richard Nixon when the elected Vice president, Spiro Agnew, resigned. Then Ford became President by succeeding to the office when President Nixon resigned from office.
Gerald Ford, the 38th President, was the only president of USA who was never elected to either the position of President or Vice President of the USA. He was appointed to the post of Vice President after the resignation of Nixon VP, Spiro Agnew of Maryland and later become President after the infamous Watergate scandal which saw the resignation of President Nixon. (Presidents John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur were all elected as vice-president, but were never elected to be President. They became President due to the death of the elected President. )
Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller served for 25 months as the only US President and Vice President who were never elected to either position. Ford became the 38th President on August 9, 1974, and Rockefeller became the 41st Vice President on December 19, 1974.--- Both Ford (House minority leader from Michigan) and Rockefeller (longtime governor of New York) became Vice President under the 25th Amendment. Ford became Vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew, and became President after the resignation of Richard Nixon. Rockefeller was then chosen as Ford's Vice President.
Gerald Ford
george washington
Millard Fillmore aquired presidency without being elected
Gerald Ford
Technically speaking, they've all been elected in to *office*. However, Ford is the only one who was never elected to the Executive Office (as either President or Vice-President).
The only president who took office but was not elected was Gerald Ford. He was also never elected as vice president either but was appointed to both offices.
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice president and later replaced Richard Nixon as president.
No. Gerald R. Ford is the only American to have served as Vice-President and President without being elected to either office.
Gerald Ford became President without ever being elected either Vice President or President.
Richard Nixon was the only US President to resign. He was also succeeded by his Vice-President, Gerald R. Ford, who is the only person to serve as Vice-President and President, without being elected to either office.
Gerald Ford (1974-1977) wasn't elected by either. He was the House Minority Leader when Spiro T. Agnew resigned and was appointed as the VP by the Senate under the twenty-fifth Amendment. A short time later, he then assumed the presidency after Nixon resigned during the Watergate scandal.