A fascinating moment in US history: our only non-elected president. First, Ford replaced Spiro Agnew as VP when he stepped down and then replaced Nixon as President.
I toured the Capitol and the White House during the Watergate hearings as a teen. Gave a whole new perspective pointing out committee members from the Senate gallery to my brother, then going to the White House a month before Nixon resigned.
@@SwayzeConnor-n4m - what is important for people I think, is progress does take time. And as long as we decide as People, how we feel is important, individually and collectively.
It's strange that the VPOTUS didn't have their own designated and official residence (1 Observatory Circle) until 1974 and then wasn't lived in full time until Mondale in 1977.
Hey, keep this in mind - the Supreme Court didn't have its own building until 1930, and actually was in the Capitol's basement until the building was expanded during the 1850's when they took the Senate's old chamber as their own. What we think of as strange today is just because for the longest time we just shrugged and said "it is what it is" until we decided "this isn't how it should be" and changed it.
There were several times in history where the White House wasn’t occupied, 1789-1800 during and after Washington’s Presidency and during John Adams’ four ^1/4 years of his presidency because the White House wasn’t built until the last few months of the John Adams administration. The War of 1812, James Madison was forced to move into a residential building in Washington DC after the White House burnt down, he couldn’t return until 1817. 1902, Theodore Roosevelt had to temporarily leave because it was being renovated, 1948, The Truman’s had to move out temporarily because of renovations, the renovations weren’t completed until 1952.
@@anthonyminimum This wasn’t a case where the WH wasn’t occupied - although those are nice facts to know. (Thanks for that). This is a case where a resigned president is essentially occupying the WH and the newly sworn in president is living elsewhere.
No, technically, it wasn't "The White House" (the name that Teddy Roosevelt gave the President's residence/workplace). It was temporarily The Executive Mansion.
What I find strangest about this is that it would seem to be a lot simpler for Ford to stay at Camp David until Nixon left the White House than to install bulletproof glass and other security features at his home in Alexandria.
Great question! Ford hadn't had a chance to move into the official vice president's residence, Number One Observatory Circle, before he was inaugurated as president and before that, VPs lived in their own homes. Walter Mondale was the first to live there full-time, in 1977.
You have to remember that Ford wasn’t originally Nixon’s VP. He was chosen after Agnew got in trouble for embezzling money when he had been mayor of Baltimore or something. Ford was only VP for 6 months
Until 1974, there was no official residence for vice presidents. They would typically live in their own homes. When what is now the VP's official residence was completed in 1974, there still wasn't a requirement that they live there. Ford never had the chance to move in, and his VP, Nelson Rockefeller, chose to continue living in his own residence. It wasn't until Walter Mondale became VP under Carter that vice presidents actually began using the current residence as their official residence.
Note: I think something is missing from this story Under normal conditions the WH staff move the old PORUS out and the new in DURING THE INAUGURATION PROCESS (a few hours).
I kind of find that hard to believe. Maybe not ideal but surely they could've set up a temporary bedroom in a back room or something at the white house. Seems like the people currently running the Whitehouse didn't try very hard, that they didn't care to try too hard.
Inauguration happens 2 months after the election. Nixon resigned and Ford had no time to prepare. If I asked you to move all your stuff could you do it within 24 hours?
@@joryadamson7854 It may not have been available. It is officially the President's Guest House and is used to house visiting dignitaries. It may have been offered but Ford chose to stay put.
What happens when a publicly funded entity feigning as an educational source but only puts out propoganda against the Constitution and Christianity gets defunded & dissolved?
That's what Truman did, but today they'd actually go to Trowbridge House. Blair House is the residence of visiting dignitaries. Trowbridge House has become the guest house for former presidents visiting Washington DC. And in the instance that the president would need an alternate residence, that's the home that would be used today.
Spoken like someone who never learns from history. I hope they go over where Truman stayed during the renovation that he ordered (resulting in the "Truman Balcony" added to the curved south elevation that some films include in supposed pre-Truman shots of that side...
I call B.S. on reinforcing the driveway. That should have been done when the driveway was originally poured. I've never seen a concrete driveway that wasn't reinforced with re-bar. Back then the president's car wasn't even armored. I've had a fully loaded 80,000lb semi with trailer in my driveway and it didn't hurt the concrete. There's no way the motorcade weighed 80,000 lbs back then let alone more. I don't know about now that hideous jalopy that Obama rode around, it's armored like an M1 Abrams tank because he was so utterly terrified of being assassinated.
A fascinating moment in US history: our only non-elected president. First, Ford replaced Spiro Agnew as VP when he stepped down and then replaced Nixon as President.
I toured the Capitol and the White House during the Watergate hearings as a teen. Gave a whole new perspective pointing out committee members from the Senate gallery to my brother, then going to the White House a month before Nixon resigned.
I was wondering why that name came up.
Agnew
It’s a horrible moment. Our country is so so so messed up
@@SwayzeConnor-n4m - what is important for people I think, is progress does take time. And as long as we decide as People, how we feel is important, individually and collectively.
I so agree with you. A totally unusual situation. I didn’t realize it took 10 days for the Fords to move into the WH.
Bulletin proof glass and reinforcing the driveway and a command post in the garage all in just 10 days
Nixon got a raw deal,
They had *Bulletin proof glass* this whole time and didn't use it to stop those negative headlines
I think you meant "bullet" but autocorrect had other plans
@@2degucitas Dude needed bulletin proof glass, after Watergate the last thing you want is some bad headlines coming in
@@ShaiLysk - I'm not sure the reason exactly.
Why was bullet proof glass even invented?
It's strange that the VPOTUS didn't have their own designated and official residence (1 Observatory Circle) until 1974 and then wasn't lived in full time until Mondale in 1977.
Hey, keep this in mind - the Supreme Court didn't have its own building until 1930, and actually was in the Capitol's basement until the building was expanded during the 1850's when they took the Senate's old chamber as their own.
What we think of as strange today is just because for the longest time we just shrugged and said "it is what it is" until we decided "this isn't how it should be" and changed it.
The neighbors were like 😐
There were several times in history where the White House wasn’t occupied, 1789-1800 during and after Washington’s Presidency and during John Adams’ four ^1/4 years of his presidency because the White House wasn’t built until the last few months of the John Adams administration. The War of 1812, James Madison was forced to move into a residential building in Washington DC after the White House burnt down, he couldn’t return until 1817. 1902, Theodore Roosevelt had to temporarily leave because it was being renovated, 1948, The Truman’s had to move out temporarily because of renovations, the renovations weren’t completed until 1952.
@@anthonyminimum This wasn’t a case where the WH wasn’t occupied - although those are nice facts to know. (Thanks for that). This is a case where a resigned president is essentially occupying the WH and the newly sworn in president is living elsewhere.
Ford is the most unique American president ever
No, technically, it wasn't "The White House" (the name that Teddy Roosevelt gave the President's residence/workplace). It was temporarily The Executive Mansion.
How bizarre. Especially reinforcing the driveway. Why didn't they just use Camp David or take over some convenient hotel ?
What I find strangest about this is that it would seem to be a lot simpler for Ford to stay at Camp David until Nixon left the White House than to install bulletproof glass and other security features at his home in Alexandria.
The red brick White House.
sounds like an album cover
@@3seven5seven1nine9 The Red Brick White Album
The red house
@@catmeows2031plays And here I was so proud of my thinly veiled Beatles reference. 😜
When President Truman renovated the White House, he didn't live in the building.
Interesting for sure, but was he living there as vice President? Its seems odd that even in the early 70s the VP wasn't in government housing.
Great question! Ford hadn't had a chance to move into the official vice president's residence, Number One Observatory Circle, before he was inaugurated as president and before that, VPs lived in their own homes. Walter Mondale was the first to live there full-time, in 1977.
You have to remember that Ford wasn’t originally Nixon’s VP. He was chosen after Agnew got in trouble for embezzling money when he had been mayor of Baltimore or something. Ford was only VP for 6 months
Until 1974, there was no official residence for vice presidents. They would typically live in their own homes. When what is now the VP's official residence was completed in 1974, there still wasn't a requirement that they live there. Ford never had the chance to move in, and his VP, Nelson Rockefeller, chose to continue living in his own residence. It wasn't until Walter Mondale became VP under Carter that vice presidents actually began using the current residence as their official residence.
@@jasonkoch3182
What if they do not have a house in DC?
Wow! That must have been one crazy 10 days
Note: I think something is missing from this story
Under normal conditions the WH staff move the old PORUS out and the new in DURING THE INAUGURATION PROCESS (a few hours).
They couldn’t take the paper in?
Every other President can get moved out and moved in in two hours on Inauguration Day. But it took 10 days to move the Nixon's out and the Fords in?
I kind of find that hard to believe. Maybe not ideal but surely they could've set up a temporary bedroom in a back room or something at the white house. Seems like the people currently running the Whitehouse didn't try very hard, that they didn't care to try too hard.
Inauguration happens 2 months after the election. Nixon resigned and Ford had no time to prepare.
If I asked you to move all your stuff could you do it within 24 hours?
Kennedys body was still warm when Johnson moved into the White House
Why not Blair House?
@@joryadamson7854 It may not have been available. It is officially the President's Guest House and is used to house visiting dignitaries.
It may have been offered but Ford chose to stay put.
So it takes nearly 2 weeks to get rid of the old man smell?
I feel sorry for any neighbor who lives next to a former president whose life is disrupted by all the security around them.
Simple. Turn it into a tourist attraction - X-Men. 😅😅
Surely his place would have been reenforced as VP?
The next owners of ford’s house:
I think this is incorrect. The security features you mention were implemented when he became Vice President, not President.
We the people take back
So where did Ford go after the White House?
He'd run the country from his prison cell
My White House 🇺🇲
what happened when the british burned the capital.
Fire
Airbnb
Into the Bunker.
SUPER 8 MOTEL !
I thought this was going to be a video about what happens when the White House gets destroyed
What happens when a publicly funded entity feigning as an educational source but only puts out propoganda against the Constitution and Christianity gets defunded & dissolved?
They go to Blair house if it's still there
That's what Truman did, but today they'd actually go to Trowbridge House. Blair House is the residence of visiting dignitaries. Trowbridge House has become the guest house for former presidents visiting Washington DC. And in the instance that the president would need an alternate residence, that's the home that would be used today.
trump almost created this "no vacancy" situation in the 2020 election!
What happens when a president can't move into the White House?
The White House moves to Mar-a-Lago😉
It’s been proven that a previous one can screw up things from almost anywhere & not have a birth certificate.
Who cares?
Spoken like someone who never learns from history.
I hope they go over where Truman stayed during the renovation that he ordered (resulting in the "Truman Balcony" added to the curved south elevation that some films include in supposed pre-Truman shots of that side...
You do, since you commented.
Cry harder ya cupcake
Apparently you do since you both sought out the video and decided to comment on it.
@@jasonkoch3182 Never said I didn't but ok.
I call B.S. on reinforcing the driveway. That should have been done when the driveway was originally poured. I've never seen a concrete driveway that wasn't reinforced with re-bar. Back then the president's car wasn't even armored. I've had a fully loaded 80,000lb semi with trailer in my driveway and it didn't hurt the concrete. There's no way the motorcade weighed 80,000 lbs back then let alone more. I don't know about now that hideous jalopy that Obama rode around, it's armored like an M1 Abrams tank because he was so utterly terrified of being assassinated.