Comment: Isn't that spelled out in the Constitution? VP then Speaker of House? Just kidding, I'm sure you knew that from the 1972 presidential election, which Republican Richard Nixon won by a landslide. After his  VP resigned while facing charges of federal income tax evasion, he appointed  Gerald Ford to be his VP, and after Nixon resigned to avoid facing impeachment, President Ford pardoned hm for any crimes he may have committed. Some people say that pardon may have been the reason he lost the upcoming election, but we know it was Hillary's fault, even back then she working her magic.