Richard Nixon is the individual who ran for president twice unsuccessfully before eventually being elected. He first ran in the 1960 presidential election and lost to John F. Kennedy. He then ran again in 1968 and won, becoming the 37th President of the United States. However, Spiro Agnew, Nixon's vice president, became the second man to become president without being elected when Nixon resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal.
The current vice president who assumed office after the previous president was impeached and removed from office is Gerald Ford. He became the first vice president to become president without being elected to either position.
Gerald Ford was Vice President when Richard Nixon resigned as US President. In accordance with the US Constitution, Ford became President at that time.
Gerald Ford was the only person to become both Vice President and President without being elected to either office.
Roosevelt did not 'let' Taft become president. Taft was elected.
No chance. The president's spouse has no claims on the presidency . <><><> True- HOWEVER- If Bill Clinton ran as her Vice Presient, and were elected to that office, AND the President became unable to complete the term of office, THEN Bill Clinton could again become President. The Constitution provides that one may be ELECTED to the office of President only twice. He would not have been elected more than twice.
James Abram Garfield became president on March 4, 1881. Garfield was elected in November of 1880.
John Tyler was the first vice president to become President without being elected as President. He took over for William Henry Harrison, who was the first President to die in office in 1840.
Theodore Roosevelt was never elected. After President McKinley was shot, Theodore became President at age 42. Theodore Roosevelt was 40 when he was elected Governor of New York in the fall of 1898. He was 42 when he was elected U. S. Vice President in the fall of 1900. He was 46 when he was elected U. S. President in the fall of 1904.
Yes, Gerald Ford became President in 1974 without an election.
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he was elected