Four More Years
1972
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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. Ford was the only person ...
Ford was the first vice president chosen under the Twenty-fifth Amendment. In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, he succeeded the first president to ever resign from the presidency. Ford was born Leslie King Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska on July 14, 1913, to a businessman and his wife Dorothy.
Ford’s reputation for integrity and openness had made him popular during his 25 years in Congress. From 1965 to 1973, he was House Minority Leader. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1913, he grew up ...
Gerald R. Ford became President of the United States on August 9, 1974, under extraordinary circumstances. Owing to the Watergate scandal, Ford's predecessor, Richard Nixon, had resigned under the threat of congressional impeachment. Ford assumed leadership of a nation whose domestic economy and international prestige—both seemingly sound in ...
Early Years in Congress. Ford launched his congressional bid quietly in 1948. Running in Michigan's heavily Republican Fifth Congressional District, his biggest challenge was winning the Republican primary over five-term incumbent Bartel (Barney) Jonkman, who was allied with party boss Frank McKay.
2764 E Gerald Ford Drive Dr was built in 1980 and last sold on September 23, 2013 for $145,000.
AN ADDRESS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH., BEFORE A ':'TELL IT LIKE IT IS" SYMPOSIUM · AT 8 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1968, AT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, MEMPHIS, TENN. . . . I am intrigued by the theme of this symposium--''Tell It Like It Is." educational television by two former presidential press secretaries. One was Pierre Salinger, who served ...
