The U.S. Senate votes on December 10, 1974, to confirm Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford by a vote of 90 to 7. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States on December 19, 1974
On August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon (a Republican) was forced to resign amid the Watergate scandal and Vice President Gerald Ford ascended to the presidency, leaving the office of vice president vacant. the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, states that a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress, which were controlled by the Democrats.
