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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, vice president himself for eight years under Eisenhower, wanted to spare Agnew the boredom and lack of a role he had sometimes experienced in that office. [110] Nixon initially gave Agnew an office in the West Wing of the White House, a first for a vice president, although in December 1969 it was given to deputy assistant Alexander ...
Richard Nixon: 1950–1953 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 ...
July 18, 1973: Nixon orders White House taping systems disconnected. July 23, 1973: Nixon refuses to turn over presidential tapes to the Senate Watergate Committee or the special prosecutor. Vice President replaced: October 10, 1973: Spiro Agnew resigns as Vice President of the United States due to corruption while he was the governor of Maryland.
There is no evidence, much less any established public consensus, that impeachment of President Joe Biden is warranted or desirable, writes constitutional scholar Michael Gerhardt.
Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace over his role in the infamous Watergate break-in. ... President Bill Clinton looks on as Vice President Gore addresses members of congress outside the Oval ...
October 10 – Spiro Agnew resigns as Vice President. October 12 – Nixon nominates House minority leader Gerald Ford for Vice President. November 5 – The term "Shuttle diplomacy" is first used to describe the efforts of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to facilitate the cessation of hostilities following the Yom Kippur War. [31]
Carter, running on a ticket with Walter F. Mondale for his vice president, eked out a victory with one of the narrower margins in U.S. presidential history, winning 50.1% to 48% of the popular ...