Gerald Ford was appointed vice-president by Nixon when Agnew resigned and was duly confirmed by the Senate. He became president when Nixon also resigned, so I suppose you could say he was an appointed president.
John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, was the first American vice president to succeed to the office of president. He served as president from 1841 to 1845.
Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
Gerald Rudolph Ford was the first vice-president to become president after a resignation.
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In accordance with Amendment 25 of the United States Constitution, if the vice president dies, resigns or is otherwise removed, the President of the United States nominates his or her replacement. That person assumes the position of vice president after he or she has been confirmed by a majority vote by both houses of Congress.
Yes it is quite possible of a vice president to become president yes yes it is
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If the president and the vice president die or become incapacitated simultaneously or in any way that prevented the nomination of a new vice president, the speaker of the house is next in the line of succession. While this has never happened, and some believe it is unconstitutional to have a technically unelected president, the 20th amendment gives Congress the power to decide who is next in succession after the vice president, and the law they passed to decide it is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
you dont have to be vice president in order to become president ...or 16 inches.
They will hold another election for the vice president ONLY.
he was never vice president
Polk did not even want to become vice president
In 1825 the candidate with the greatest number of electoral votes would become president and the candidate with the next - highest number would become vice president.
Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
A vice president become president if the original president was either assasinated, resigned, or did something else to stop being the president.
a vice president becomes president when the president passes away Example: Vice President President President passes away Vice President becomes President (and it has been done before)
Gerald Rudolph Ford was the first vice-president to become president after a resignation.
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