Consider the following statements about United States of America's 38th President Gerald Rudolph Ford :…
Gerald R. Ford is the only United States President to have served without being elected to either the Presidency or the Vice Presidency, having been nominated and confirmed…
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Consider the following statements about United States of America's 38th President Gerald Rudolph Ford :
(i) As of 2020, Gerald Rudolph Ford was the only US President to have served without election to either the presidency or the vice presidency.
(ii) He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives when he was nominated Vice President.
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Correct answer A
Gerald R. Ford is the only United States President to have served without being elected to either the Presidency or the Vice Presidency, having been nominated and confirmed as Vice President under the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1973 before succeeding to the Presidency in 1974. Statement (ii) is incorrect because Ford was serving as House Minority Leader, not Speaker of the House of Representatives, when he was nominated as Vice President.
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