When vice-president Gerald Ford became president due to the resignation of President Nixon, Ford, acting in accordance to the procedure for filling a vacancy in the vice-presidency, nominated Rockefeller for the position and Congress confirmed the appointment.
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Nixon resigned as president, making Vice-president Ford the president and creating a vacancy in the office of vice-president, In accordance with the 25th amendment, Ford nominated Rockefeller for vice-president and the Congress confirmed his appointment. Rockefeller had been a popular governor of New York and a leader in the Republican party for many years,
Under Section two of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Rockefeller was nominated by President Gerald Ford, and confirmed by both houses of Congress, in 1974.
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Nelson Rockefeller (born July 8, 1908 in Bar Harbor, Maine; died January 26, 1979 in Manhattan, New York) succeeded Gerald Ford as the forty-first Vice-President of the United States, serving between December 19, 1974 and January 20, 1977, including the whole of 1975.
He became vice president upon the resignation of a president. A+LS
1974-77. Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller had both been appointed under the provisions of the 25th Amendment.
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