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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.
Spiro Agnew was Richard Nixon's Vice President. When Agnew resigned, Gerald Ford became VP.
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.
After Richard Nixon resigned, his vice-President, Gerald Ford, became President.
Gerald Ford was appointed vice-president by Nixon when Agnew resigned and was duly confirmed by the Senate. He became president when Nixon also resigned, so I suppose you could say he was an appointed president.