1974-1977 Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller Party: Republican Gerald Ford 1974-1977 Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller Party: Republican
Question of Succession Ford becomes VP when Spiro Agnew is forced to resign due to finanacial scandal Ford was House Minority Leader Under 25th Amendment Nixon could nominate a new VP, and Congress would confirm
The Pardon September 8th 1974 Ford pardoned Nixon in an attempt to have country move beyond Watergate Scandal
Fall of Vietnam 1975 US finally pulls its last military representatives and diplomats out of S. Vietnam as North Vietnamese Army invades Operation Baby Rescue – American citizens brought home for adoption