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One full term; died 3 years, 1 month and 16 days into second term 12: Spiro Agnew: 1,724: 39th • January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 [c] Richard Nixon: One full term; resigned 8 months and 20 days into second term 13 tie: Aaron Burr: 1,461: 3rd • March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805: Thomas Jefferson: One full term Martin Van Buren: 1,461: 8th ...
Immediately after the 1968 election, Agnew was still uncertain what Nixon would expect of him as vice president. [110] He met with Nixon several days after the election in Key Biscayne, Florida. Nixon, vice president himself for eight years under Eisenhower, wanted to spare Agnew the boredom and lack of a role he had sometimes experienced in ...
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 election.After winning the Republican presidential nomination at the 1968 Republican National Convention, former Vice President Richard Nixon convened a series of meetings with close advisers and party leaders such as Strom Thurmond in order to choose his ...
Nineteen of the 49 vice presidents of the United States have attempted a run for the presidency after being elected vice president. [1] Six have been elected to the presidency, or almost a third of running vice-presidents, while seven have lost the presidential election, and one has dropped out. Eleven have earned the primary nomination in ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
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 ...
Nixon walking out to Marine One in the rain, 1 November 1970. November 1 – Vice President Agnew condemns Democrats for lying as the presidential election approaches. [95] November 4 – President Nixon states his pleasure with the new Republican majority in the Senate while speaking to reporters. [96]
Richard Nixon had served as vice president from 1953 to 1961, and had been defeated in the 1960 presidential election by John F. Kennedy. In 1962 , Nixon ran for governor of California against incumbent Pat Brown , and was defeated handily, leading the media to label him as a "loser". [ 6 ]