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11. Nixon actually wrote to House Minority Leader Ford to recommend possible VPs.

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 02:53 PM

Nov 2019

Nixon rejected those recommendations and chose Ford himself. How history could have been different.

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Speaking of Harry Truman, was he the last president not to have a vice president? [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 OP

Depends on the duration you're willing to consider Shrek Nov 2019 #1

Couple of months for Ford Shrek Nov 2019 #5

I don't think Johnson had one until Jan. 1965 trackfan Nov 2019 #2

Hmmmmm. That one should be within my memory. No VP from mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #4

I believe it was Nixon. Scoopster Nov 2019 #6

Nixon actually wrote to House Minority Leader Ford to recommend possible VPs. Otto Lidenbrock Nov 2019 #11

Coolidge didn't have a VP from 1923-1925... Drunken Irishman Nov 2019 #7

So both forty-five and forty-six years ago today, we had no vice president. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #9

I had no idea there were vacancies underpants Nov 2019 #10

Yeah, that's because it not really a "chain of command" situation... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #12

This would make a great Final Jeopardy answer. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #8