Watergate Era
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Confirmation of Nelson A. Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States
Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Report issued by House Committee on the Judiciary following its hearings on the nomination of Nelson Rockefeller to be the 41st Vice President of the United States. President Gerald Ford had nominated Rockefeller pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment following Ford’s succession to the presidency upon President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Date: December 1974
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Nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York to be Vice President of the United States
Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate. United States.
Report issued by Senate Committee on Rules and Administration following its hearings on the nomination of Nelson Rockefeller to be the 41st Vice President of the United States. President Gerald Ford had nominated Rockefeller pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment following Ford’s succession to the presidency upon President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Date: December 1974
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Remarks of the President Upon Introduction of Governor Nelson Rockeller As Vice President-Designate and Press Conference of Governor Nelson Rockefeller Vice President-Designate
Nelson A. Rockefeller and United States Office of the White House Press Secretary
Press conference of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller after President Gerald Ford announced that he was nominating Rockefeller to be the 41st Vice President of the United States. President 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.
Date: August 1974
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Remarks By Nelson Rockefeller Vice President-Designate
Nelson D. Rockefeller and United States Office of The White House Press Secretary
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.
Date: August 1974
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Remarks of the President Upon His Announcing Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President-Designate
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary and Gerald Ford
Press release announcing the nomination of Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY) as vice president.
Date: August 1974
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Press Conference of Robert Hartmann, Counsellor to the President
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary and Robert Hartmann
Transcript of press conference with Robert Hartmann, Counselor to the President. Hartmann discussed President Gerald Ford's appointment of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President.
Date: August 1974
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Remarks by Gerald R. Ford Being Sworn in as the 38th President of the United States
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary and Gerald Ford
Press release of President Gerald R. Ford's remarks after being sworn into office.
Date: August 1974
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Confirmation of Gerald R. Ford As Vice President of the United States
Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representativies. United States.
Report issued by House Committee on the Judiciary following its hearings on the nomination of Gerald Ford to be the 40th Vice President of the United States. President Richard Nixon had nominated Ford pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment following Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation.
Date: December 1973
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Hearings in the House of Representatives on Vice Presidential Nominee Gerald Ford
Committee on the Judiciary. House Representatives. United States.
Hearings before the House Committee on the Judiciary on the nomination of Gerald Ford to be the 40th Vice President of the United States. The committee held six hearings between November 15, 1973 and November 26, 1973. President Richard Nixon had nominated Ford pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment following Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation.
Date: November 1973
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Statement By The Honorable Gerald R. Ford Minority Leader of The House of Representatives Before The House Committee on the Judiciary
Gerald R. Ford
Prepared remarks of Gerald Ford to the House Committee on the Judiciary on the first day of the committee’s hearings to consider Ford’s nomination to be 40th Vice President of the United. President Richard Nixon had nominated Ford pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment following Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation.
Date: November 1973
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Memorandum to House Speaker Carl Albert
Theodore C. Sorensen
Memorandum to Speaker of the House of Representatives Carl Albert from Theodore Sorensen with proposed plans for a scenario where Speaker Albert succeeded to the presidency. Albert requested the memo amid the intensifying Watergate scandal and Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation. After Agnew’s resignation on October 10, 1973, Albert was first in the line of presidential succession.
Date: November 1973
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Hearings Before the Committee on Rules and Administration United States Senate
Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate. United States.
Hearings before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on the nomination of Gerald Ford to be the 40th Vice President of the United States. The committee held four hearings between November 1, 1973 and November 14, 1973. President Richard Nixon nominated Ford pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment following Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation.
Date: November 1973
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Remarks of the President Announcing His Nominee for Vice President
United States Office of the White House Press Secretary
Remarks of President Richard Nixon announcing Representative Gerald R. Ford as his nominee for Vice President of the United States. Nixon made the nomination following Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation two days earlier. The nomination occurred pursuant to Section 2 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
Date: October 1973
