John Tyler was the first person to move up to president after being elected only as vice-president. Gerald Ford was appointed ( not elected) vice-president and moved up to President - he was the only to do that without being elected to either office.
Gerald Ford. He was vice president however he was appointed vice president and not elected vice president. He did become president because he was "next in line".
Ford
The answer is John Tyler following the death of William Harrison
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William McKinley was a President of the United States. He was the first person to be president without being elected.
Gerald Ford
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.
Gerald Ford
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 R Ford and Nelson A Rockefeller, 1974-77
That would be Theodore Roosevelt, who became president upon the death of McKinley but then was elected to another term. Richard Nixon was the next former president to be elected president without the benefit of being the incumbent president.
Gerald Ford, in 1974. First he became VP when Spiro Agnew resigned in '73, then ascended to the presidency when Richard Nixon resigned.
Barack Obama was the first Black president elected.