Gerald R. Ford. Ford was selected and confirmed as the vice President on December 6, 1973, while he was a US Congressman, after the resignation of Vice president Spiro T. Agnew. Ford then became President on August 9, 1974 with the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
(Ford ran for reelection but was defeated by Jimmy Carter in 1976, so he was never elected President or vice president.)
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Gerald Ford. Nixon's VP (forgot his name think it was Spiro Agnew) resigned so Nixon appointed Ford and Ford was confirmed by the Senate. Then Nixon resigned and Ford became president without winning an election as VP or President
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Gerald Ford is the US President elected neither to the office of President or Vice-President.
Richard Nixon.
The president would be the person who came out on top in the election; the person in second place would be vice president.
As a rule the Vice-president is elected by the same electors that elect the president. However, if a vacancy occurs in the office of vice-president. The president nominates a replacement who must be confirmed by both houses of Congress in order to take office.
The US Vice President elected in 1988 was J. Danforth Quayle (Dan Quayle). He was inaugurated on January 20, 1989 and served until January 20, 1993, under President George H. W. Bush, who was his predecessor as Vice President.