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President Gerald Ford
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1974 |
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Gerald Rudolph Ford is
sworn in as the 38th US President, when Nixon resigns. President Ford serves from 1974 until 1977.
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Vice Pres. |
Nelson
Aldrich Rockefeller was appointed and ratified becoming the
41st. Vice President.
He was the Republican Candidate for President in 1964 and 1968.
Nelson A. Rockefeller was born in Bar Harbor, Hancock County,
Maine on July 8, 1908.
He died of a massive heart attack, in New York,
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First Lady |
Elizabeth
Anne (Bloomer) Ford was First Lady and they had 4 children. |
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Ford was a
Republican from
Michigan.
Gerald Ford is the first President
to serve without being elected to the presidency or vice
presidency.
Ford issued a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon in 1974.
Ford survived two assassination attempts in September 1975.
One where Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, a Charles Manson follower,
at close range pulled the trigger but the gun misfired. the
other where the aim of Sara Jane Moore was deflected by a
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Oath |
He is one of five presidents not
inaugurated.
"I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances....
This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our
hearts." - President Gerald R. Ford upon taking the oath of
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"Our inflation, our
public enemy number one, will, unless whipped, destroy our
country, our homes, our liberties, our property and finally our
national pride as surely as will any well-armed wartime enemy."
- President Gerald R. Ford.
With his goal of reduced taxes and regulatory policies Ford
said, "We...declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are
not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a
government big enough to take from you everything you have." -
President Gerald R. Ford. |
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Birth Death |
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Jr. was born as Leslie Lynch King, Jr. on July 14, 1913 in
Omaha, Nebraska.
Gerald Ford dies on December 26, 2006 |
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Gerald R.
Ford Library and Museum
Gerald R. Ford - White House
History
Presidential Elections
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Act |
The
official Vice Presidential residence is designated by Congress
as a Washington Mansion previously used by the chief of naval
operations.
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1975 |
Act |
The
president's salary had been $186,300, but by act of Congress is supplemented with
cost of living adjustments each year.
It is established that
Secret Service guard the Vice President and his family.
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Executive Jumps -
G Washington
- J Adams -
T
Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
W
H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
- J Buchanan -
A
Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
- J Garfield -
C
Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
G
Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
- C Coolidge -
H
Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
- J F Kennedy -
- L B Johnson -
R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
- BH Obama -
- Methodology -
TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
- Party Platforms
-
The Early Presidents
- Distinctions of the
Presidencies
Black
American Patriots -
President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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