Or writing out his own insurance policy in advance.

Ford was the only US President not elected by the Electoral College.

Another interesting fact about the post-Nixon fallout: not only was Ford not elected to office, his Vive-President, Nelson Rockefeller, was appointed to fill Ford's old position, thus marking the first time in American history both of the top positions in government were held by appointees and not elected candidates...


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Just finished watching this. Fascinating. Sad but fascinating.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2282662/

The Nixon Presidential Library is nearby here in Yorba Linda, California. For many years after it opened, there was a gap in the Nixon Presidential history timeline. There was only a cursory mention of the Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation. It was almost like Nixon got elected in 1972, sat around the White house for a spell and then quit in 1974. This gap became a sore point and a point of contention between the trained historians and curators and the Nixon Library board. The historians and curators sought to be present the whole Watergate/Resignation as accurately and fully as possible. The board, populated by Nixon loyalists didn't want any exhibits showing the full effects of and Nixon's participation in the Watergate crimes. Firings or resignations of curators and historians has been rather commonplace over the years. Just a few months ago, I heard a radio interview with the latest hired curator and he was pledging to give a full and honest presentation of Watergate and Nixon's resignation. I thought to myself, "Yeah, right, good luck with that..." ...


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Nixon Now Campaign Song Ad- Nixon 1972 Presidential Campaign Commercial

Hippies run the Country:hmmm::huh: ? Butt-kisser:woot:

Memories...
 

Thanks Dan.
I threw up in my mouth.... again!

I graduated from high school in 1972, turned 18 and voted for the first time that November. I didn't vote for Nixon that's for ding dang sure!:shucks:

At the time I still harbored the suspicion that Nixon was at the heart of JFK's assassination with the aide of his good buddy at the CIA GHW Bush.
That's when I realized that my one little vote didn't mean squat and all of my civics teachers had been lying through their teeth.:-?

I was 22 that year and voting for the first time, and felt I had been cheated by the new law that lowered the voting age to 18. :O:
:rotfl2:

Do you remember the anti-Nixon slogan that parodied Lincoln's famous "Don't which horses in the middle of a stream"?

"Why switch Dicks in the middle of a screw? Vote for Nixon '72!"

Or the one that parodied the Exxon ads: "Nixxon...Still the Same Old Gas!"

Wanna bet? :D

John Tyler (10th)
Millard Fillmore (13th)
Andrew Johnson (17th)
Chester Arthur (21st)

Were never elected to the office of President by the Electoral College. They were, however, elected to the office of Vice President by the Electoral College. :know:


Then there is the case of the elections of 1800 and 1824 when the Electoral College was unable (unwilling?) to elect a president and the House of Representative voted and elected the president (Jefferson and John Q Adams respectively)


Lyndon Johnson
Harry Truman
Theodore Roosevelt

Also became President without being elected to that office, but since each of them them ran and was later elected President, they really don't count.

But in any case, there have been several men who became the POtUS without being elected by the Electoral College. :smug:

But Ford is the only president who was never elected to either the Presidency nor Vice Presidency.

I am old enough to remember 72, as I recall, most observers viewed McGovern as being too left wing. Of course, back then, my main source of news was my Dad's "Time" magazine.

Watergate in 72 was very much in the background although even at 16 I had heard about it. The Vietnam War, the mass anti-war rallies, the "Godfather", Bremer shooting Wallace, "All in the family", Nixon going to China, the Christmas bombings are what stick most in my mind from that year.

I'm with you on the lowered voting age; I was 21 and a bit peeved when they lowered the age. I would have liked to have voted in '68. Maybe if enough of us "disaffected" youth and draft bait had been able to vote, Watergate would have never happened...

Another great source of humor was occasioned by the fact all the TV networks carried the Watergate hearings live in the daytime, preempting daytime fare such as soap operas and game shows, a situation causing a great outcry from those addicted to the shows. Someone, it may have been Johnny Carson, came up with a proposal the networks simply name the hearing segments after the shows they pre-empted: "Truth Or Consequences", "To Tell The Truth", "I've Got A Secret", "Jeopardy", etc. ...


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