Gerald Ford replaced Richard Nixon after his resignation. Following the assassination of John F Kennedy, the Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson became President. Theodore Roosevelt replaced William McKinley after his assassination, Andrew Johnson replace Abraham Lincoln after his assassination and John Tyler replaced William Henry Harrison. Also, I believe, Harold Holt (the Australian prime-minister, one that went missing) had his vice-president take over.
No.
When Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President for a second term, Andrew Johnson replaced Hannibal Hamlin as Lincoln's running mate for Vice President. (Hannibal Hamlin had been Lincoln's Vice President during his first term in office, as President.)Abraham Lincoln won the 1864 Presidential election, with Andrew Johnson as Vice President. Lincoln served less than 2 months in office during his second term as President when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865.Andrew Johnson, the Vice President then took the role as President when Lincoln died.
Conversations between the president and vice-president of the United States consist of the vice-president advising the president. At times, the president will advise the vice-president on upcoming events that he will have to attend in place of the president. The president and vice-president also discuss pressing foreign matters and how to approach them.
The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate. The vice president has the authority to preside over sessions and debates.
Gerald Ford was the only president of the United States who was not elected president or vice president. He took over as vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned and served as vice president under Richard Nixon. When Nixon later resigned, he became the president.
No. His only real major political office before president was one term in Congress (as a member of the Whig party) under President James K. Polk. Lincoln did attempt to run as Vice President nominee of the Republican party in 1856, but he was ultimately unsuccessful.
No, there has never been an African American vice president.
At this writing, 5/3/2010, no woman has ever been elected President or Vice President of the US.
A Vice-President can be replaced only upon resignation or impeachment.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected with different vice presidents.
John Adams was the second president of the United States, having earlier served as the first vice president under George Washington.
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Gerald Ford replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice president and later replaced Richard Nixon as president.
The 25th Amendment to the constitution had not yet been passed so there was no legal method of appointing a vice president outside of an election.
After Vice President Agnew resigned, he was replaced by Vice President (former Speaker of the House) Gerald Ford, who then became president after Richard Nixon resigned.
No, that is not true. Ever since George Washington, there has always been a president, even in times of war or national tragedy. Several presidents were assassinated or died in office, but they were replaced by the vice president, so the country always had a leader.