Ford also earned in the history books chosen by Nixon to replace Spiro Agnew. Even to millions of Americans who had voted two years earlier for Richard Nixon, the transition to Ford's leadership was one of the most welcomed in the history of the democratic process -- despite the fact..…

Ford was President Richard Nixon's hand-picked successor, and became in 1974 when Nixon resigned in disgrace over Watergate scandal. ... He said the nation saw with the impeachment of President Bill Clinton how divisive trial of Nixon could have been. ..…