1973 United States vice presidential confirmation information
US vice president confirmation in 1973
1973 United States vice presidential confirmation
November 27, 1973 (1973-11-27) (Senate) December 6, 1973 (1973-12-06) (House)
1974 →
100 and 435 members of the Senate and House Majority of both Senate and House votes needed to win
Nominee
Gerald Ford
Party
Republican
Home state
Michigan
Electoral vote
92 (Senate) 387 (House)
Percentage
96.8% (Senate) 91.7% (House)
Vote by house district
Republican "Aye"
Democratic "Aye"
Democratic "No"
Absent/Not voting
Vice President before election
Spiro Agnew
Confirmed Vice President
Gerald Ford
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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 25th Amendment, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress. President Richard Nixon (a Republican) thus had the task of selecting a vice president who could receive the majority support of both houses of Congress, which were then controlled by the Democrats.
President Nixon considered selecting former Texas Governor and Treasury Secretary John Connally, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and California Governor Ronald Reagan.[1] However, Nixon settled on House Minority Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan, a moderate Republican who was popular among the members of Congress (in both parties) and who was good friends with Nixon.[1] Ford won the approval of both houses by huge margins, and was sworn in as the 40th vice president of the United States on December 6, 1973.[1][2]
On August 9, 1974, Ford ascended to the presidency after the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon, becoming the only president in American history to have never been elected president or vice president.[a]
^ abcMieczkowski, Yanek (April 22, 2005). Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 11–13. ISBN 0813172055. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
^Woodward, Bob (December 29, 2006). "Ford, Nixon Sustained Friendship for Decades". Washington Post. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
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