"Remarks of President Nixon Announcing Gerald Ford as Vice Presidential" by Office of the White House Press Secretary
 
Remarks of President Nixon Announcing Gerald Ford as Vice Presidential Nominee

Remarks of President Nixon Announcing Gerald Ford as Vice Presidential Nominee

Office of the White House Press Secretary

Description

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.