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25th Amendment

133422_4 — 2024-03-29 12:36:36 UTC

The 25th amendment says that if a president dies, gets removed from office, or resigns, the vice president will become president.

Letters between Nixon and Agnew

133422_4 — 2024-03-29 12:39:52 UTC

Agnew, the vice president at the time who served with Nixon for 5 years was suddenly brought with accusations against him. After months of maintaining his innocence, Agnew pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion and resigned from office. Nixon replaced him with House Republican leader Gerald Ford. Agnew spent the remainder of his life quietly, rarely making public appearances.

Ford's Nomination as Vice President

133422_4 — 2024-03-29 12:42:03 UTC

On October 12, 1973—fifty years ago today—President Richard Nixon nominated House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford to be the Vice President of the United States. Nixon made the announcement regarding this nomination two days after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned.

Vote on Ford's Nomination as Vice President

133422_4 — 2024-03-29 12:45:39 UTC

The vote went very well for Ford, the yea votes represented 97% of the countryside population while the nay votes represented 3% of the countryside population. He had more democrat voters than Republicans. # democratic voters said nay, while not a single republican said nay, the vote was 92-3.

Nixon's resignation Letter

133422_4 — 2024-03-29 12:48:14 UTC

President Nixon wrote a very short letter to the secretary that said "I hereby resign the office of president of the United States".

Ford Sworn in as President

133422_4 — 2024-03-29 12:51:41 UTC

Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974 as our 38th President, he declared, “I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances… This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.” When Gerald R.

Ford Pardons Nixon

133422_4 — 2024-03-29 12:56:12 UTC

Whenever Watergate came out it really hurt Nixon and his reputation, there was a recording that showed he knew and possibly authorized the bugging of democratic offices. He felt it was better to resign than get impeached, but Ford told Congress not to press legal action on Nixon and pardon him. Ford said that a long hard trial would only worsen America and he wanted to put the scandal behind them and move on for the better of the country.