Gerald R. Ford was appointed vice president after the elected vice president Spiro Agnew resigned. Ford then became President when Nixon also resigned for reasons not related to Agnew's resignation.
The Vice President becomes President and completes the original Presidents original term of office.
Theodore Roosevelt - because he was vice president to William McKinley, which was the 25th President.
Theodore Roosevelt
The 14th president of the US was Franklin Pierce. He was also a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives but never a vice president. There were nine presidents who were also vice presidents. They were Tyler, Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Ford.
14 U.S. Vice Presidents to date have also been U.S. President. 13 of them were Vice President immediately before becoming President, and one became President eight years after the end of his Vice Presidency.Incumbent Vice President John Adams was elected President in 1796.Incumbent Vice President Thomas Jefferson was first elected President in 1800.Incumbent Vice President Martin Van Buren was elected President in 1836.Vice President John Tyler assumed the Presidency when incumbent President William Henry Harrison died in 1841.Vice President Millard Fillmore became President by Tyler's Precedent when incumbent President Zachary Taylor died in 1850.Vice President Andrew Johnson became President by Tyler's Precedent when incumbent President Abraham Lincoln died in 1865.Vice President Chester A. Arthur became President by Tyler's Precedent when incumbent President James A. Garfield died in 1881.Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became President by Tyler's Precedent when incumbent President William McKinley died in 1901.Vice President Calvin Coolidge became President by Tyler's Precedent when incumbent President Warren G. Harding died in 1923.Vice President Harry S Truman became President by Tyler's Precedent when incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945.Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became President by Tyler's Precedent when incumbent President John F. Kennedy died in 1963.Former Vice President Richard Nixon was elected President in 1968 and 1972.Vice President Gerald R. Ford became President according to the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (ratified in 1967) when incumbent President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.Incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush was elected President in 1988.
No. Andrew Johnson did not have a Vice President. At that time there was no procedure for naming a new Vice President when the President died and the current Vice President became President. John Tyler, who became President on the death of William Henry Harrison, and Millard Fillmore, who became President when Zachary Taylor died, also had no Vice President.
John Adams was the first vice-President of the United States. He also became the second President after Washington's voluntary two terms.
One responsibility the Vice President has is casting tie breaking votes in the Senate. The Vice President is also responsible for the nation if something happens to the President.
There have been way more than two vice presidents that were elected president right after their vice presidential term. The first was John Adams, who was also the first vice president. The second was Thomas Jefferson, who was also the second vice president. The third was Martin Van Buren, who was Andrew Jackson's vice president, and then was elected president right after his vice presidential term. There are many more (including George Bush).
John Adams was the first vice-President of the United States. He also became the second President after Washington's voluntary two terms.
John Adams had John Quincy Adams as a child and he became president