Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) became the 38th President of the United States when Richard Nixon resigned. Ford became Vice President on December 6, 1973, after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew in October, 1973.
Spiro Agnew was Richard Nixon's Vice President. When Agnew resigned, Gerald Ford became VP.
After Richard Nixon resigned, his vice-President, Gerald Ford, became President.
Ronald Regan The only time a U.S. President resigned was when Richard Nixon did so in 1974.
none The only U.S. President who resigned was Richard Nixon, on August 9, 1974. His first Vice President, Spiro Agnew, resigned ten months earlier, on October 10, 1973.
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.
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President Nixon resigned.
Gerald Ford, in 1974. First he became VP when Spiro Agnew resigned in '73, then ascended to the presidency when Richard Nixon resigned.
After Spiro Agnew was indicted Gerald Ford was selected as Vice-President. He became President when Richard Nixon resigned August 9th 1974. In December of 1974 Ford selected Nelson Rockefeller as Vice-President
When Nixon resigned, the vice president, Gerald R. Ford became the president and he did pardon Nixon, a move that may have cost him re-election.
No. If a president resigns, the vice-president is sworn in as President, just as if the President had died. When Nixon resigned in 1974, the vice-president, Gerald Ford became President. Ford nominated Nelson Rockefeller to be vice-president and the nomination was quickly confirmed by Congress.
Gerald ford
Gerald R. Ford, (1913-2006) the 38th President of the US. As the Minority Leader in the US House of Representatives, he was chosen to replace Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned as Vice-President in 1973. Ford became President when Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, and served until 1977.
Gerald Ford was president during the years 1974-1977.ford was appointed vice president by Richard Nixon after the resignation of spiro agnew. then in august of 1974 when Nixon resigned ford became president until 1977 when he lost the election to jimmy carter.
Gerald R. Ford became President.
Gerald Ford became president because he was vice-president when President Richard Nixon resigned that office. Interestingly, he was not elected vice-president but was appointed to this position after Spiro Agnew resigned.
Gerald Ford (1913-2006) was the replacement Vice President, and became the 38th President when Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. Spiro T. Agnew, who had been re-elected with Nixon in 1972, resigned on October 10, 1973, and Ford was sworn in on December 6.