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August 09, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Event Timeline. August 09, 1974. Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office. August 09, 1974. Remarks Announcing Appointment of J.F. terHorst as Press Secretary to the President. August 10, 1974. Memorandums on the Transition of the Presidency. August 12, 1974.
Gerald Ford received some public goodwill in the initial days of his administration. Americans were weary from the scandal of Watergate, and, like the new president, were eager to put the "long ...
Dec 27, 2006 · Gerald R. Ford was thrust into the presidency in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal, but lost his own bid for election after pardoning President Richard M. Nixon.
Henry Kissinger was an American political scientist, who, as adviser for national security affairs and as secretary of state, was a major influence in the shaping of U.S. foreign policy from 1969 to 1976 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1973 he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize
Gerald R. Ford (1913 – 2006) Early Years. GERALD R. 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, NE. His parents separated 2 weeks after his birth, and his mother moved with him to Grand Rapids, MI, to live with her parents.
Presidency of Gerald Ford. 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.
Gerald Ford: Life Before the Presidency. The only President in the history of the United States not elected by American voters was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 14, 1913. His mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, soon divorced the boy's father—a wife-beating alcoholic—and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
