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Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, right? Actually it took three Vice Presidents to complete one term – Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller.

Spiro Agnew resigned because he was accused of receiving bribes while serving as Governor of Maryland. Gerald Ford then replaced Agnew, who served for a year until President Richard Nixon resigned. Once Ford assumed the presidency, Nelson Rockefeller was nominated and confirmed as Vice President, serving until Ford’s term expired.

Here’s the 1972 Time Magazine cover when Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew were elected as President and Vice President for a second term.