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.
Beside the eight sitting vice presidents who became president because the president died and the four sitting vice presidents who became president because they won the presidential election, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became president because President Richard M. Nixon resigned.
The one that comes immediately to mine is Gerald Ford, who took over for Nixon after he resigned following the Watergate Scandal.
Lyndon B. Johnson became president due to the death of President John F. Kennedy. After Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Johnson, who was serving as vice president, assumed the presidency.
he was Vice and assumed Presidency after Taylor's death.
The first accidental president was John Tyler. He assumed the presidency in 1841 after the death of President William Henry Harrison. Tyler, who was the vice president at the time, became president due to the unexpected death of Harrison and the unclear succession process outlined in the Constitution.
Upon the death of President Harrison, John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the presidency. Tyler was nicknamed "His Accidency" by opponents because he seemed to gain the presidency by an accident of fate versus being elected to the office.
Millard Fillmore was the president of the United States from July 9, 1850 to March 4, 1853. He was Zachary Taylor's vice president at the time of Taylor's death, so he assumed presidency after that.
The 13th US President was Millard Fillmore, from 1850 to 1853. Fillmore was elected Vice President in 1848, and assumed the Presidency on the death of Zachary Taylor, who served only 16 months of his term.Millard Fillmore was the 13th president.
Harry Truman
The death of President James A. Garfield made Vice-president Arthur the President.
As of the beginning of 2012, 38 people have been elected President of the United States. Another 4 people were elected Vice-President and, upon the death of the President, assumed the Presidency, but were never elected President. One person, Gerald Ford, was nominated by President Nixon and confirmed by Congress to replace Vice-President Agnew after Agnew's resignation, then assumed the Presidency a few months later when President Nixon resigned. Ford was never elected President OR Vice-President. Including Barack Obama, a total of 43 people have served as U.S. President. The reason why President Obama is referred to as the 44th President is that President Cleveland is counted twice due to his terms as President being non-consecutive.
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