Elizabeth Anne Ford was first lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977,as the wife of President Gerald Ford. As first lady,she was active in social policy,and set a precedent as a politically active presidential spouse. She was also second lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974,when her husband was vice president.
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 on December 6,1973,following the resignation of Spiro Agnew from that office. Ford was the only person to serve as president without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency. His presidency ended following his narrow defeat in the 1976 presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter,after a period of 895 days in office. His 895 day presidency remains the shortest of all U.S. presidents who did not die in office.
USS Sequoia is the former presidential yacht used during the administrations of Herbert Hoover through Jimmy Carter. To set a cost-cutting example,Carter ordered her sold in 1977.
David Hume Kennerly is an American photographer. He won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs of the Vietnam War,Cambodia,East Pakistani refugees near Calcutta,and the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden. He has photographed every American president since Lyndon B Johnson. He is the first presidential scholar at the University of Arizona.
John Albert Knebel is a former United States government official who served as secretary of agriculture under President Gerald Ford.
Jerald Franklin terHorst was an American journalist who served as the 14th White House Press Secretary during the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency. His resignation in protest of Ford's unconditional pardon of former president Richard Nixon is still regarded as a rare act of conscience by a high-ranking public official.
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is a repository located on the north campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The library houses archival materials on the life,career,and presidency of Gerald Ford,the 38th president of the United States. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is a part of the National Archives and Records Administrations presidential library system.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States,serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party,Ford assumed the presidency after President Richard Nixon resigned,under whom he had served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974. Prior to that,he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.
On December 26,2006,Gerald Ford,the 38th president of the United States,died at his home in Rancho Mirage,California at 6:45 p.m. local time. At 8:49 p.m. local time,his wife of 58 years,Betty Ford,issued a statement announcing his death. The causes of death listed on the death certificate were arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis.
The Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Gardens in Omaha,Nebraska marks the location of the house at 3202 Woolworth Avenue where U.S. President Gerald R. Ford lived for a couple of weeks after his birth in July 1913. It was the home of his paternal grandparents,Charles Henry and Martha King.
Bryce Nathaniel Harlow was an American congressional staff member,army officer,advisor to U.S. presidents,and corporate lobbyist.
The inauguration of Gerald Ford as the 38th president of the United States was held on Friday,August 9,1974,in the East Room of the White House in Washington,D.C.,after President Richard Nixon resigned due to the Watergate scandal. The inauguration –the last non-scheduled,extraordinary inauguration to take place in the 20th century –marked the commencement of Gerald Ford's only term as president. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the oath of office. The Bible upon which Ford recited the oath was held by his wife,Betty Ford,open to Proverbs 3:5–6. Ford was the ninth vice president to succeed to the presidency intra-term,and he remains the most recent to do so,as of 2024.
Philip William Buchen was an American attorney who served as White House counsel during the Ford Administration.
David Robert Macdonald was an American government official. He served as United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1974 to 1976;as Under Secretary of the Navy from 1976 to 1977;and as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative from 1981 to 1983.
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is the presidential museum and burial place of Gerald Ford,the 38th president of the United States (1974–1977),and his wife Betty Ford. It is located near the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids,Michigan. Ford's presidential museum is the only such facility under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration to be separate from the presidential library,which is located approximately 130 miles (210 km) to the east in Ann Arbor. Despite the separation,the library and museum are a single institution with one director.
The Young Turks was a splinter group of politicians in the United States within the Republican Party during the early 1960s. The group,mostly consisting of Congressmen who had become disenchanted with the course of the Republican Party,worked within the system to appoint their fellow members into leadership roles,so they could take control of the party. They were considered "rebels" by the traditional Republicans. Gerald Ford,who would become President of the United States,rose to prominence as a Young Turk.
Robert Trowbridge Hartmann was an American political advisor,speechwriter and reporter,who served as Chief of Staff for Vice President Gerald Ford and Counselor to the President when Ford was elevated to the presidency in 1974.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Gerald Ford from August 9,1974,when Ford became the 38th president of the United States,upon the resignation of Richard Nixon,to December 31,1974.
Jerry H. Jones is an American political aide who served as White House Staff Secretary from 1974 to 1977 during the Ford Administration.
James E. Connor was an American political aide who served as White House Cabinet Secretary and Staff Secretary to the President under Gerald Ford.
