Almost 11,000 people went to the polls, with the measure falling by just 128 votes, 5,560-5,432. The show featured 454 exhibits. Wink, which also won the title in 1972, lost in the finals in 1973. He is replaced by Vice President Gerald Ford, who has the distinction of being the only president to serve without being elected. He had been appointed by Nixon when Spiro Agnew resigned in 1973 because of a corruption investigation.
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