Remarks By Nelson Rockefeller Vice President-Designate

Authors

Nelson D. Rockefeller
United States Office of The White House Press Secretary

Files

Description

Remarks of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller in the Oval Office after President Gerald Ford announced that he was nominating Rockefeller to be the 41st Vice President of the United States. President Gerald Ford nominated Rockefeller pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment following Ford’s succession to the presidency upon President Richard Nixon’s resignation.

Start Date

8-20-1974

Rights

Courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. All Rights Reserved.

Keywords

25th Amendment, Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Presidental Succession, Presidential Inability, Vice President