who was president when nelson rockefeller was vice president?
Gerald Ford
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 = = = Appointment of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President ( 1974 ) = = = 

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 = = = Appointment of Gerald Ford as Vice President ( 1973 ) = = = 

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 When Gerald Ford became President , the Vice Presidency became vacant . On August 20 , 1974 , after having previously considered Melvin Laird and George Bush , President Ford nominated former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to succeed him as Vice President . 

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 In an upset victory , Truman and Barkley were elected over the Republican ticket by over 2 million votes , and Democrats regained majorities in both houses of Congress . Seventy @-@ one years old at the time of his inauguration , he was the oldest man ever elected Vice President , breaking Charles Curtis ' record at 69 . His grandson , Stephen M. Truitt , suggested the nickname " Veep " as an alternative to " Mr. Vice President " . The nickname was used by the press , but Barkley 's successor , Richard Nixon , discontinued using it , saying it belonged to Barkley . 

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 In his 2002 autobiography Memoirs , David Rockefeller wrote : 
