Question: Who was the vice president for Nixon that held his governmental position the earliest?
Answer(s):
answer: Gerald Ford

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.06c97)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.06c97 ns:government.us_president.vice_president ?x .
?x ns:government.politician.government_positions_held ?c .
?c ns:government.government_position_held.from ?num .
}
ORDER BY ?num LIMIT 1