When Richard Nixon became President on 20 January 1969, his elected Vice-President was Spiro T. Agnew.
After Richard Nixon resigned, his vice-President, Gerald Ford, became President.
Richard Nixon is an American politician became the vice president of the United States because he opposed communism.
After Nixon resigned, VP Ford moved up to president and Nelson Rockefeller was made VP.
Gerald Ford became president because he was vice-president when President Richard Nixon resigned that office. Interestingly, he was not elected vice-president but was appointed to this position after Spiro Agnew resigned.
Richard Nixon, who later became president in 1970
His vice president, Gerald Ford, became president.
Gerald Ford became Nixon's Vice President after Agnew resigned. Thus when Nixon resigned, Ford was next in line and became President.
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The new President was: Gerald R. Ford New Vice-President was: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
After Vice President Agnew resigned, he was replaced by Vice President (former Speaker of the House) Gerald Ford, who then became president after Richard Nixon resigned.
Gerald Ford was the only president of the United States who was not elected president or vice president. He took over as vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned and served as vice president under Richard Nixon. When Nixon later resigned, he became the president.
When Nixon resigned, the vice president, Gerald R. Ford became the president and he did pardon Nixon, a move that may have cost him re-election.