Gerald Ford succeeded to office as a result of a mid-term vacancy.
Prior to this he served eight months as the 40th Vice President of the United States , following the resignation of Spiro Agnew .	Spiro Agnew	Spiro Agnew	40th Vice President of the United States	List of Vice Presidents of the United States	resignation of Spiro Agnew	Spiro Agnew#Criminal investigation and resignation
Spiro Theodore `` Ted '' Agnew -LRB- -LSB- spro_nu -RSB- November 9 , 1918 -- September 17 , 1996 -RRB- was an American politician who served as the 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973 , under President Richard Nixon .	39th Vice President of the United States	List of Vice Presidents of the United States	Richard Nixon	Richard Nixon	Vice President of the United States	Vice President of the United States	President	President of the United States	Vice President	Vice President of the United States
Nixon later replaced Agnew by appointing House Minority Leader Gerald Ford as Vice President .	Gerald Ford	Gerald Ford	President	President of the United States	Vice President	Vice President of the United States	House Minority Leader	Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives
