Nothing much happened. Democrats wanted Nixon to indicted and tried, but Ford pardoned Nixon.
He was appointed to replace Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew when Agnew resigned and replaced President Richard Nixon when he resigned.
President Nixon
Nixon
In 1974 Nixon resigned because of the Watergate Scandal.
Ford; he became president when Nixon resigned
Gerald Ford became Nixon's Vice President after Agnew resigned. Thus when Nixon resigned, Ford was next in line and became President.
Richard Nixon
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.
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 replaced Nixon when he resigned his office.
Ronald Regan The only time a U.S. President resigned was when Richard Nixon did so in 1974.
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