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recorded on August 9, 1974. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( / ˈdʒɛrəld / JERR-əld; [1] born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
Jun 17, 2024 · Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States (1974–77), who, as the 40th vice president, had succeeded to the presidency on the resignation of President Richard Nixon, under the process decreed by the Twenty-fifth Amendment.
Nov 9, 2009 · America’s 38th president, Gerald Ford (1913-2006) took office on August 9, 1974, following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (1913-1994), who left the White House in disgrace over the...
Gerald Ford's tenure as the 38th president of the United States began on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of president Richard Nixon, and ended on January 20, 1977. Ford, a Republican from Michigan, had been appointed vice president since December 6, 1973, following the resignation of Spiro Agnew from that office.
Apr 2, 2014 · Gerald R. Ford became the 38th U.S. president after Richard Nixon's resignation. Learn more at Biography.com.
When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974 as our 38th President, he declared, “I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances…This is an hour of history that ...
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the nation’s only unelected president and vice president, served thirteen terms in Congress before rising to national attention in 1973, when President Richard Nixon nominated him as vice president.
Gerald R. Ford Biography. H0022-4 - Gerald Ford as student Madison Elementary School, ca. 1923. (Full size image is 55K) Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Gerald R. Ford. In office August 1974 - January 1977. A long-serving Republican congressman, he became Richard Nixon's vice-president after Spiro Agnew's resignation in 1973, and president when Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal in 1974. He was defeated by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election.
When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, “I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances.... This is an hour of hi...
