President-elect of the United States the 25th Amendment. The first instance was in 1973, when Gerald Ford was nominated by President Richard Nixon to succeed Spiro Agnew, who had resigned. The second came in 1974, when Ford, who had succeeded to the presidency following Nixon's resignation, nominated Nelson Rockefeller to succeed him. During both vacancies, the nominee was called Vice President-designate, instead of Vice President-elect, as neither had been elected to the office. As a result of these events, the nation has had two more Vice Presidents than it has had Vice President-elects. While he is currently the 48th U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence was
Flag of the Vice President of the United States thereafter on February 7, 1936. In 1945, President Roosevelt started the process of changing the President's flag and seal shortly before his death, and the process was continued by President Truman later that year before officially making the change in October. During the process, it was recognized that since the Vice President's flag was based on the President's, it would need to change too. Truman accordingly asked for sketches of possible designs, but since the Vice Presidency was vacant at the time there was no immediate need to make the change and it was delayed. Shortly after the 1948 election,