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What US president was never elected as president or vice president?

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Gerald R. Ford was never elected to the office of Vice-President or President of the United States by the Electoral College. He was appointed Vice-President on December 6, 1973, when Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew resigned. He later became the President of the U.S. on August 9, 1974, when President Richard M. Nixon resigned. He ran for President for the first time in 1976, but he was defeated by Jimmy Carter.

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