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Gerald Ford ( 14 July 1913 – 26 December 2006 ) was the 38th President of the United States. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 First Vice-Presidential address (1973) 1.2 First Presidential address (1974) 1.3 Address to Congress (12 August 1974) 1.4 Remarks on...
Gerald Ford (born 1913) served as Republican leader in the House of Representatives before being selected by President Nixon to replace Spiro Agnew as vice president in 1973. A year later he replaced Nixon himself, who resigned due to the Watergate...
Gerald R. Ford was the first vice president to assume the office of chief executive following the resignation of a president. Ford had served President Richard Nixon (1931-1994; see entry in volume 5) as vice president for a mere eight months. A quiet...
For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the fortieth Vice President of...
He Was a Terrible President, but He Sure Did Live a Long, Long Time by Paul Constant NOT LONG AFTER he became president, Gerald Goddamned Ford took a vacation to Vail, Colorado, for some skiing. According to the book Presidential Anecdotes, while the...
Growing up in Grand Rapids, Mich., in a Democratic family, I had the pleasure of hearing my father complain about Republican Rep. Gerald R. Ford while my mother would nod in agreement and later secretly pull the "Ford lever" in the voting booth. ...
President Bush on Tuesday night called the late President Ford a "great American" who helped heal the nation after Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace over the Watergate scandal."The American people will always admire Gerald Ford's devotion to duty, his personal character and the honorable conduct...
President Bush hailed Gerald R. Ford for his administration's honor. His former opponent, President Carter, called him "a man of highest integrity." And Nancy Reagan hailed his dedication to the country.In the uncertain days after the Watergate scandal, those qualities were enough.Ford, who died Tuesday...
