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Richard Nixon was elected with Spiro Agnew as his running mate in 1968 and again in 1972. On October 10, 1973 he resigned as Vice-President in a scandal about bribery. Gerald Ford was appointed Vice-President - a role he filled until RIchard Nixon also resigned on August 9th, 1974. Ford was then appointed President.

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