10-12-1973

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                                       10-12-1973

 First U.S. Vice President Appointed Under the 25th Amendment 

Gerald Ford is appointed the position of U.S. Vice Pres. after the resignation of V.P. Spiro Agnew.

Prior to ratification of the 25th Amendment, the rules of succession to the Presidency were Constitutionally vague. The Constitution did not specify whether the Vice President would become President or Acting President if the President were to die, resign, be removed from office or become disabled.

Do to the lack of clarity, some Presidents and their Vice Presidents took it upon themselves to draft agreements for handling Presidential succession and inability.  These agreements specified the terms for declaring a President unable to perform the duties of office, and the terms for re-instatement once able to return to duty.

On January 6th, 1965, Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana and Representative Emanuel Celler of New York introduced joint resolutions in the Senate and House of Representatives aimed at clarifying and defining the rules on Presidential succession and inability in the Constitution.  The Bayh-Celler proposals, which formed the foundation of the 25th Amendment, refined the processes of declaring a President incapable of fulfilling the duties of office and filling a Vice Presidential vacancy.

Congress approved the 25th Amendment on July 6, 1965, the States completed ratification by February 10, 1967, and President Lyndon Johnson certified the amendment on February 23, 1967.

The first use of the 25th Amendment occurred in 1973 when President Richard Nixon nominated Congressman Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to fill the vacancy left by Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation.

In less than a year, the 25th Amendment would be used again.  This time, Vice President Ford became President after Richard Nixon resigned, and he nominated Nelson Rockefeller to fill the Vice Presidential vacancy left by him.

[SylvanLakeWH 28,393]

Another Michigan Boy!!!

[Jerry77 1,218]

Our only un-elected President..Turned out to be one of the better ones in my opinion..maybe we ought to do this more often.......

[ACman 7,655]

Grandma always told me you don't talk politics or religion if you want to keep friends . But this election seems we have two choices dumb or dumber  . Let's hope we all can survive the next couple of weeks . One of these elections years Mickey Mouse is going to win by write in votes , then what happens Donald Duck for VP  ?

Edited October 12, 2016 by ACman

[clueless 3,234]

We may have to pull that one out of the drawer again in the next few years. My grandfather in-law use to say make sure that rope is tight, it's a long hard 8 seconds .

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Comedian Pat Paulsen was a regular on the Smothers Brothers Show and ran for President in '68, '72, '76, '80, '88, '92 and '96. It was always a joke to promote himself, but if he were alive today I have little doubt that he could finally win!