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Gerlad Ford was one of the House Representatives of Michigan for 25 years. Whenever he was in the House of Representatives, they ratified the 25th Amendment, which was if a president resign/passes away, they vice president is now the president. -
25th Amendment
This Amendment was ratified in 1967 when Gerald Ford was in the House of Representatives. This amendment states that if the president is either dead, resigns, or is kicked out, the Vice president replaces the president. It also states that if a Vice president's position is vacant, the president has to nominate for that position. -
Watergate Incident
Before Ford became the Vice President, Nixon was in trouble in the Watergate incident." They found that in the Democrats' office, there were wiring microphones that belonged to Nixon. Nixon tried to cover up, but this led to worse things towards Nixon. -
Resignation of the Vice president
The first Vice president, Spiro T. Agnew resigned due to some accusations towards himself from the congress and the court. This caused Nixon to find a new Vice president. -
Gerald Ford - Vice president
After Spiro T. Agnew's resignation, Gerald Ford became the Vice president of the United States. Nixon thought Ford was a good fit because he had been in the House of Representatives for 25 years and knew all the "rules." The House and the senators would accept him because of the number of Republicans who would accept him. -
Resignation of Nixon
After the accusations, Nixon sent the secretary a letter saying he was resigning from the presidency. He then announced it to the people, saying it was an honor to serve as their president. According to the 25th Amendment, the vice president will take over as the president of the United States. -
Gerald Ford - 38th president
After Nixon's resignation, in the 25th amendment, the president's resignation will be replaced by the vice president. Gerald Ford was the 38th president. He swore by Supreme Court Chief Justice. He then walks Nixon out, which marks Nixon's famous peace sign while leaving. -
Gerald Ford Pardons
At this time, Ford decided to pardon Nixon. He thought that if this continued, it could cause many disasters, which wouldn't be good. He also did not want this whole scandal to be a problem for now and start to worry about other things. After two years, People thought this caused him not to win the election in 1976. His term ended in 1976 with Jimmy Carter. Ford lived a happy life after his term was done.