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On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew (a Republican) was forced to resign following a controversy over his personal taxes.Under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress.
The confirmation hearings for Rockefeller lasted for months, but Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States on December 19, 1974. [3] Due to the pressure on Ford by the party hardliners, Rockefeller was ultimately passed over for the 1976 ticket, and Ford instead chose Kansas Senator Bob Dole as his running mate ...
Vice President-elect Dan Quayle (second from right) and his wife Marilyn with Vice President and President-elect George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara, as well as outgoing president Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy during a press conference held in the White House Rose Garden during the 1988–89 presidential transition of George H. W. Bush
This election year, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance's name has become better known across the country, but it's not the only one he's ever gone by.. Vance first received national ...
However, the most obvious one, the direct transfer of funds to another federal campaign, is severely limited by federal law. Candidates can only transfer up to $2,000 directly to another federal ...
Walz was the first sitting governor selected as the Democratic vice presidential nominee since Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska in 1924 [3] and if elected, would have been the third vice president from Minnesota after Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale. [4] Walz is also the first sitting governor to appear on the Democratic ticket since Bill ...
State law requires a delegate to vote for the candidate he or she is committed to unless that presidential candidate withdraws. In that case, the delegate is uncommitted, though he or she may wind ...
In 1833, President Andrew Jackson used a recess appointment to name Roger B. Taney, who was serving as Attorney General, as the Secretary of the Treasury. Jackson wanted Taney to help him dismantle the Second Bank of the United States. He helped Jackson draft a statement on the veto of the bank's renewal, and agreed to withdraw money from the ...