The House of Representatives confirms Gerald Ford as Vice President one week after the Senate approves the nomination. Under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, the President must appoint a Vice President if the office is vacated; Spiro Agnew, Nixon's first Vice President, resigned October 10, 1973 while facing charges of extortion and bribery.
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