Vice President of the United States the Twenty-fifth Amendment established a procedure for filling such a vacancy: This procedure has been implemented twice since the amendment came into force. The first instance occurred in 1973 following the October 10 resignation of Spiro Agnew, when Gerald Ford was nominated by President Richard Nixon and confirmed by Congress. The second occurred 10 months later following Ford's August 9, 1974 accession to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation, when Nelson Rockefeller was nominated by President Ford and confirmed by Congress. Had it not been for this new constitutional mechanism, the vice presidency would have remained vacant after Agnew's resignation and
David Agnew (president) David Agnew (president) David Agnew (born 1957) is the current president of Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His career has spanned the fields of journalism, politics, public service, the cooperative sector, strategy consulting, international development and dispute resolution. Agnew was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and was raised in Toronto. At 15, he became a sports reporter for the "Toronto Sun" and after finishing high school went to St. John's, Newfoundland to join the newsroom of the "Evening Telegram". A year later he enrolled as a full-time student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, graduating in