Nixon Impeached With No Vice President

[mspence]

In OTL Nixon chose Ford as Agnew's successor, but WI he hadn't chosen a new VP & got impeached? Who would become President? Carl Albert?

[lordroel]

Jan 15, 2023 7:13:33 GMT mspence said:

In OTL Nixon chose Ford as Agnew's successor, but WI he hadn't chosen a new VP & got impeached? Who would become President? Carl Albert?

Going to give you a final advice, you need to actually start a discussion not just ask a question.

[Max Sinister]

Then you'd have to get rid of the 25th amendment, which is from 1967. Could well be that an ATL doesn't have it, Nixon's still elected, and Agnew's still corrupt.

[belushitd]

Carl Albert it is.

The 25th amendment specifically states that the line of succession is

Vice President
Speaker of the House
President pro tempore of the Senate
Sec State
Sec Treas
Sec Def
Attorney General
Sec Interior
Sec Ag
Sec Com
Sec Lab
Sec HHS
Sec HUD
Sec Trans
Sec Energy
Sec Ed
Sec VA
Sec Homeland

with assorted other contingencies. The above are all based on the specific people being eligible to be the President based on birth citizenship and all other applicable rules.

Belushi TD

[lordroel]

Feb 2, 2023 17:19:28 GMT belushitd said:

Carl Albert it is.

Seems he almost got the job according to his Wikipedia article:

This was the first occasion since the Twenty-fifth Amendment's ratification when it was possible for a member of one party to assume the presidency after a member of the opposing party vacated the office. As speaker of the House, Albert presided over the only body with the authority to impeach Nixon and had the ability to prevent any vice presidential confirmation vote from taking place in the House. This meant Albert could have maneuvered to make himself acting president. Ted Sorensen prepared a contingency plan for Albert that outlined the steps Albert would have taken had he assumed the presidency. The vice presidency was vacant for about seven weeks; Ford was confirmed and sworn in December 1973.

Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, and the office of vice president was once more left vacant when Ford succeeded Nixon that day. This event put Albert next in line to assume the presidency for a second time. Former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller was nominated by Ford, then confirmed and sworn into office as vice president in December.