Agnew resigned from the vice-presidency on that date,
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office on October 10, 1973.
January 1969, the same day that Richard Nixon became president.
Yes, he was replaced by Gerald Ford. He was replaced following his resignation on October 10, 1973.
Gerald Ford. He replaced Spiro Agnew in December 1974 after Agnew resigned following investigations on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy.
October 10, 1973 was the date that VP Spiro Agnew resigned his office as part of a plea bargain for crimes committed while he was governor of Maryland.
Spiro T. Agnew was Nixon's running mate in the 1972 election. Agnew resigned as Vice President October 10, 1973. After his resignation amid charges of bribery, tax fraud and money laundering Gerald Ford was nominated and approved as his replacement.
According to Wikipedia, on October 10, 1973, "Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion." Maybe that has something to do with it?
Spiro Agnew was the Vice President that was forced to resign in 1973 and he was replaced by Congressman Gerald R. Ford, who became President in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon was forced to resign. President Gerald R. Ford is the only President who was not directly voted for President, or Vice President, by the people voting in a general election who held the office. It was the first, and only time, both the elected President and Vice President had to leave office, and someone else had to be President.
Spiro Agnew resigned from the Vice Presidency October 10, 1973 since he was facing criminal charges for tax evasion and accepting bribes. He was replaced by Gerald Ford in accordance with the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution.
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.
Richard M. Nixon was the President during all of 1973. There were two Vice Presidents during that year. Spiro T. Agnew was the Vice President until his resignation on October 10th. Gerald R. Ford then became Vice President, chosen and confirmed under the 25th amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
During his fifth year as Vice President, in 1973, Spiro Agnew was under investigation by the United States Attorney's office in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery and conspiracy. In October, he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000 while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States. On October 10, 1973, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest to a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in 1967, with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President. Agnew is the only Vice President in United States history to resign because of criminal charges.