How many Vice Presidents have replaced the current president due to death or resignation?

Question

I am not talking about VP's who have WON an elections after the current President. I am talking about examples like when Nixon resigned and Ford took his place (after Agnew was disgraced)

Answer 1

A total of 9

Out of 43 US Presidents, eight (8) have died while in office.  In addition, Richard Nixon resigned before being impeached and his vice-president Gerard Ford took his place.

•William Henry Harrison - April 4, 1841, died of pneumonia after giving a long inaugural address in the cold and rain.

•Zachary Taylor - July 9, 1850, died of cholera after eating tainted cherries and milk in the middle of the summer.

•Abraham Lincoln - April 15, 1865, died a few hours after being shot by an assassin.

•James Garfield - September 19, 1881, died of blood poisoning two months after being shot by an assassin.

•William McKinley - September 14, 1901, died eight days after being shot by an assassin.

•Warren G. Harding - August 2, 1923, died of pneumonia.

•Franklin D. Roosevelt - April 12, 1945, died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

•John F. Kennedy - November 22, 1963, died a few hours after being shot by an assassin.

It works out to average that almost 1 in 5 presidencies (4.77 to be exact) result in the vice president taking over office.

Answer 2

i'm too lazy too look it up... but with McCain Palin the odds are much higher.....

That man is 72.

Its been said you age 5 years for each year on the job as president.

Answer 3

8 from death

John Tyler became President when William Harrison died. Chose not to seek full term.

Millard Fillmore became President when Zachary Taylor died.

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Andrew Johnson became President when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

Chester A. Arthur became President when James Garfield was assassinated. Sought

Theodore Roosevelt became President when William McKinley was assassinated;

Calvin Coolidge became President when Warren Harding died;

Harry S. Truman became President when Franklin D. Roosevelt died.



Lyndon B. Johnson became President when John F. Kennedy was assassinated

1 from resignation: Gerald Ford after Nixon