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Jerry Ford officially becomes the oldest ex-US President of all time. Not bad for a replacement part . . .
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061112/pl_nm/ford_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061112/pl_nm/ford_dc
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i assume that's true - so he guys who followed lincoln & mckinley got elected at next election ?The only president who was never elected -
No. The point being made is that Gerald Ford is the only Vice President to become President upon the premature vacancy of the Presidential office (in all cases but Ford’s, due to the death of the President) without actually winning a nationwide election to become Vice President. Ford was appointed Vice President after Nixon’s original VP – Spiro Agnew – resigned due to Agnew’s own non-Watergate malfeasance.Originally posted by eldrickComment
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is that actually true in the wider sense ?Originally posted by bad hammy
i keep reading that the presidential candidate sticks on a dummy who may "pick him up a few southern/eastern/western/northern states"
( basically, wherever the presidential candidate ain't from )
does that really work or is the vice-president just any tall, thin guy picked out of vaudeville to support the short, fat, funny guy from abbott & costello ? )Comment
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Your analysis is basically correct, although a few VPs have turned out to be pretty good Presidents. In any event, Ford never successfully ran on a national ticket.Originally posted by eldrickComment
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When Ford became President he then had the obligation to appoint another VP - Nelson Rockefeller. So both the Prez and the VP from 1974-1977 were appointees approved by Congress but never voted into office by the general public and/or Electoral College. 25th Amendment stuff.Comment
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