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The new President was: Gerald R. Ford
New Vice-President was: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoRichard Nixon became President Nixon after the 1968 US presidential election.
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∙ 14y agoWhen Richard M. Nixon resigned, Gerald R. Ford became the 38th US President. Ford was the only person to serve as VP and President without election to either office.
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∙ 12y agoVice-president Gerald R. Ford became president when Nixon resigned.
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Who became president after Richard Nixon resignation?
After Richard Nixon resigned, his vice-President, Gerald Ford, became President.
Why did Gerald become president?
Gerald Ford became Nixon's Vice President after Agnew resigned. Thus when Nixon resigned, Ford was next in line and became President.
Who was president immediately following Richard Nixon and how did he become president?
Ford; he became president when Nixon resigned
How did Gerald Ford become 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.
In 1974 the Watergate scandal erupted and President Nixon resigned who became the next president and later pardoned 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.
What president was nonelected into office?
Ford was appointed VP by Nixon. When Nixon resigned, Ford became president.
Who was the only president to become president by resignation?
That would be Ford who became president when Nixon resigned.
Who replaced Spiro T. Agnew?
After Vice President Agnew resigned, he was replaced by Vice President (former Speaker of the House) Gerald Ford, who then became president after Richard Nixon resigned.
Who served as president but not elected to president and vice president?
That would be Gerald Ford. He became VP under Nixon after Spiro Agnew resigned, and then ascended to President after Nixon resigned.
Who became president when Nixon resigned and pardoned Nixon?
Ford
Was there a US president who was not elected?
Gerald Ford. He was appointed Vice President and then became president when President Nixon resigned.
Who became president when agnew resigned?
Spiro Agnew was Richard Nixon's Vice President. When Agnew resigned, Gerald Ford became VP.
