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President Warren G. Harding (Republican) reportedly had affairs with Carrie Phillips and Nan Britton during the 1910s and early 1920s before he died in 1923. Britton claimed in her best-selling 1927 book, The President's Daughter, that Harding had fathered her daughter Elizabeth while he was a Senator. In August 2015, genetic tests confirmed ...
The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Since 1789, there have been 49 people sworn into office as Vice President of the United States. Of these, nine ...
Resigned to become vice president Kamala Harris: 2017–2021 Resigned to become vice president Delaware: Joe Biden: 1973–2009 Resigned to become vice president Indiana: Thomas A. Hendricks: 1863–1869 Charles W. Fairbanks: 1897–1905 Resigned to become vice president Dan Quayle: 1981–1989 Resigned to become vice president Kansas: Charles ...
The vice president is the first person in the presidential line of succession—that is, they assume the presidency if the president dies, resigns, or is impeached and removed from office. [7] Nine vice presidents have ascended to the presidency in this way. [a] Also, several vice presidents have gone on to be elected as president in their own ...
John Calhoun resigned as vice president shortly before the end of his term and returned with his wife to South Carolina. [32] Quickly elected to the U.S. Senate, he returned to Washington not as a national leader with presidential prospects but as a regional leader who argued in favor of states' rights and the expansion of slavery.
Senator John Edwards. John Edwards is a former United States Senator from North Carolina and a Democratic Party vice-presidential and presidential candidate. In August 2008, Edwards admitted to an extramarital affair, which was initially reported in December 2007 by the National Enquirer [1] but was given little attention outside the tabloid press and political blogosphere.
Vice President Spiro Agnew (R-MD) was convicted of tax fraud stemming from bribery charges in Maryland and forced to resign. [199] Gerald R. Ford (R-MI) was nominated by Nixon to replace Agnew as vice president, becoming the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
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.