Who were Richard Nixon's two Vice Presidents?

Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, famously had two Vice Presidents during his time in office: Spiro T. Agnew and Gerald Ford. This unusual circumstance was a direct result of the turbulent political climate of the early 1970s and the application of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Spiro T. Agnew was Nixon's first Vice President, serving from 1969 until his resignation in October 1973. Agnew's downfall was due to a corruption scandal stemming from his time as Baltimore County Executive and Governor of Maryland, where he was accused of bribery, extortion, and tax fraud. Faced with federal charges, Agnew pleaded nolo contendere to a single felony charge of income tax evasion and resigned from office, becoming the second Vice President in U.S. history to resign, and the first to do so under duress.

Following Agnew's resignation, President Nixon nominated Gerald Ford, then the House Minority Leader, to fill the vacant Vice Presidency. This marked the first time the provisions of the 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, were used to fill a vacancy in the office (Review) of Vice President. The amendment states that whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. Ford was confirmed by overwhelming majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives in late 1973. This made Gerald Ford the only person to serve as President without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency, as he would go on to assume the presidency after Nixon's own resignation in August 1974 amidst the Watergate scandal.