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Nixon Nominates Gerald R. Ford for Vice President

President Nixon nominated House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford to be vice president under the procedures of the 25th Amendment.

Nixon Nominates Gerald R. Ford for Vice President

The nomination set in motion the constitutional process to fill the vacant vice presidency and brought a widely respected Republican lawmaker into the line of succession during the Watergate crisis.

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