Dirksen and Halleck held the press conferences during the administration of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. The conferences ended in 1965, when later [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from [[Michigan]], unseated Halleck in the Republican conference to become the new minority leader. Ford remained minority leader until tapped for the vice presidency in 1974. He soon moved up to president with [[Richard Nixon]]'s resignation. He then tapped [[Nelson Rockefeller]], another Moderate Republican and former [[New York]] governor, to succeed Ford as vice president. | Dirksen and Halleck held the press conferences during the administration of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. The conferences ended in 1965, when later [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from [[Michigan]], unseated Halleck in the Republican conference to become the new minority leader. Ford remained minority leader until tapped for the vice presidency in 1974. He soon moved up to president with [[Richard Nixon]]'s resignation. He then tapped [[Nelson Rockefeller]], another Moderate Republican and former [[New York]] governor, to succeed Ford as vice president. |