1973 United States vice presidential confirmation

none January 2021 January 2021 1973 United States vice presidential confirmation United States Presidential Popular no 1973 11 27 (Senate)1973 12 06 (House) 100 and 435 members of the Senate and House Majority of both Senate and House 1974 United States vice presidential confirmation 1974 Gerald Ford Portrait (Alternate, cropped).jpg x200px Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Michigan 92 (Senate)387 (House) 96.8% (Senate)91.7% (House) 350px| Vote by house district#FF3838 Republican "Aye" #1564FF Democratic "Aye" #C7DAFF Democratic "No" #B0ACAC Absent/Not voting Vice President Confirmed Vice President Spiro Agnew Gerald Ford On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned following a controversy over his personal taxes. Under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress. President Richard Nixon thus had the task of selecting a vice president who could receive the majority support of both houses of Congress, which were then controlled by the Democrats. President Nixon considered selecting former Texas Governor and Treasury Secretary John Connally, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and California Governor Ronald Reagan. However, Nixon settled on House Minority Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan, a moderate Republican who was popular among the members of Congress in both parties and who was good friends with Nixon. Ford won the approval of both houses by huge margins and was sworn in as the 40th vice president of the United States on December 6, 1973.Mieczkowski Yanek Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s 22 April 2005 University Press of Kentucky 11–13 0813172055 https://books.google.com/books?id=qpfzsnHAzZAC&q=gerald%20ford%201976%20running%20mate&pg=PA320 5 October 2015Woodward Bob Ford, Nixon Sustained Friendship for Decades https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR2006122801247.html 5 October 2015 Washington Post 29 December 2006 On August 9, 1974, Ford ascended to the presidency after the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon, becoming the only president in American history to have never been elected president or vice president.Other vice presidents have ascended to the presidency, but had been elected on a party ticket as running mate. Confirmation votes By a vote of 92 to 3 on November 27, 1973, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Gerald Ford.To advise and consent to the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President of the U.S. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/93-1973/s499 govtrack.us U.S. Senate–November 27, 1973 February 12, 2019 The following week, on December 6, the House of Representatives gave its approval, 387 to 35.To pass H.Res. 735, confirming the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/93-1973/h468 govtrack.us U.S. House of Representatives–December 6, 1973 February 12, 2019 Ford assumed office the same day, taking the oath of office in a joint session of Congress."Timeline of President Ford's Life and Career". https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/the-fords/gerald-r-ford#event-number-688 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. 1973 U.S. SenateVice presidentialconfirmation vote: Party Total votes Democratic Republican Conservative Independent Yes 51 39 1 1 922(92 95 1) No 03 00 0 0 32(3 95 1)Result: Confirmed Roll call vote on the nomination Senator Party State Vote James Abourezk D South Dakota Yea George Aiken R Vermont Yea James Allen James Allen (Alabama politician) D Alabama Yea Howard Baker R Tennessee Yea Dewey Bartlett R Oklahoma Yea Birch Bayh D Indiana Yea John Glenn Beall J. Glenn Beall Jr. R Maryland Yea Henry Bellmon R Oklahoma Yea Wallace Bennett R Utah Yea Lloyd Bentsen D Texas Yea Alan Bible D Nevada Yea Joe Biden D Delaware Yea Bill Brock R Tennessee Yea Edward Brooke R Massachusetts Yea James L. Buckley C New York Yea Quentin Burdick D North Dakota Yea Harry F. Byrd Harry F. Byrd Jr. I Virginia Yea Robert Byrd D West Virginia Yea Howard Cannon D Nevada Yea Clifford Case R New Jersey Yea Lawton Chiles D Florida Yea Frank Church D Idaho Yea Dick Clark Dick Clark (senator) D Iowa Yea Marlow Cook R Kentucky Yea Norris Cotton R New Hampshire Yea Alan Cranston D California Yea Carl Curtis R Nebraska Yea Bob Dole R Kansas Yea Pete Domenici R New Mexico Yea Peter Dominick R Colorado Yea Thomas Eagleton D Missouri Nay James Eastland D Mississippi Yea Sam Ervin D North Carolina Yea Paul Fannin R Arizona No vote Hiram Fong R Hawaii Yea J. William Fulbright D Arkansas Yea Barry Goldwater R Arizona Yea Mike Gravel D Alaska Yea Robert P. Griffin R Michigan Yea Edward Gurney R Florida No vote Clifford Hansen R Wyoming Yea Philip Hart D Michigan Yea Vance Hartke D Indiana Yea Floyd Haskell D Colorado Yea Mark Hatfield R Oregon Yea William Hathaway D Maine Nay Jesse Helms R North Carolina Yea Fritz Hollings D South Carolina Yea Roman Hruska R Nebraska Yea Walter Dee Huddleston D Kentucky Yea Harold Hughes D Iowa Yea Hubert Humphrey D Minnesota Yea Daniel Inouye D Hawaii Yea Henry M. Jackson D Washington Yea Jacob Javits R New York Yea J. Bennett Johnston D Louisiana Yea Ted Kennedy D Massachusetts Yea Russell B. Long D Louisiana Yea Warren Magnuson D Washington Yea Mike Mansfield D Montana Yea Charles Mathias R Maryland Yea John L. McClellan D Arkansas Yea James A. McClure R Idaho No vote Gale McGee D Wyoming Yea George McGovern D South Dakota No vote Thomas J. McIntyre D New Hampshire Yea Lee Metcalf D Montana Yea Walter Mondale D Minnesota Yea Joseph Montoya D New Mexico Yea Frank Moss D Utah Yea Edmund Muskie D Maine Yea Gaylord Nelson D Wisconsin Nay Sam Nunn D Georgia Yea Bob Packwood R Oregon Yea John Pastore D Rhode Island Yea James B. Pearson R Kansas Yea Claiborne Pell D Rhode Island Yea Charles H. Percy R Illinois Yea William Proxmire D Wisconsin Yea Jennings Randolph D West Virginia Yea Abraham Ribicoff D Connecticut Yea William Roth R Delaware Yea William Saxbe R Ohio Yea Richard Schweiker R Pennsylvania Yea Hugh Scott R Pennsylvania Yea William L. Scott R Virginia Yea John Sparkman D Alabama Yea Robert Stafford R Vermont Yea John C. Stennis D Mississippi Yea Ted Stevens R Alaska Yea Adlai Stevenson Adlai Stevenson III D Illinois Yea Stuart Symington D Missouri No vote Robert A. Taft Robert Taft Jr. R Ohio Yea Herman Talmadge D Georgia Yea Strom Thurmond R South Carolina Yea John Tower R Texas Yea John V. Tunney D California Yea Lowell Weicker R Connecticut Yea Harrison A. Williams D New Jersey Yea Milton Young R North Dakota Yea 1973 U.S. HouseVice presidentialconfirmation vote: Party Total votes Democratic Republican Yes 199 188 3872(387 422 1) No 035 000 352(35 422 1)Result: Confirmed See also Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution 1974 United States vice presidential confirmation Notes References External links THE ESTABLISHMENT AND FIRST USES OF THE 25TH AMENDMENT, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Digital Library United States Politics 1970s Category:1973 in American politics Category:November 1973 in the United States Category:December 1973 in the United States Category:Vice presidency of the United States United States 1973 Category:Presidency of Richard Nixon Category:Gerald Ford Category:Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution Category:93rd United States Congress