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In reply to the discussion: I'm bored. Post here some random, obscure fact that I might find interesting [View all]Let's take a look at presidential and vice-presidential Republicans elected since 1928:
1928: Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis
1952: Dwight D Eisenhower and Richard Nixon
1956: Dwight D Eisenhower and Richard Nixon
1968: Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew
1972: Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew
1980: Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
1984: Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
1988: George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle
2000: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
2004: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice-President in October 1973 as part of a plea bargain where he plead no-contest to a tax evasion charges. Nixon then appointed Gerald Ford as Vice-President, and Ford served the remainder of Nixon's term after Nixon resigned following the Watergate scandal.