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Gerald
R. Ford
38th President of the United States
(1974 - 1977)
Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller |
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Gerald
R. Ford, Jr., holds the reins of a pioneer wagon prior
to participating in a neighborhood parade, while three
unidentified cowboys stand nearby.
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Susan,
Mrs. Ford, and President Ford with Liberty and puppies.
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President
Ford and his dog Liberty walk the grounds of Camp David.
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President
and Mrs. Ford with their dog Liberty at the Camp David
swimming
pool.
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Ford
Family
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Ford
family on the White House grounds. (l-r) Steve,
Susan, Jack, Gayle, and Mike. September 6, 1976
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Gerald
R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.)
poses with two Boston Terriers. 1915.
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Liberty
on the South Lawn of the White House.
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Gerald
R. Ford, Jr. (then known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr.)
sits on a donkey while his mother, Dorothy Gardner,
steadies him.
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President
Ford relaxes with Liberty while working on a Sunday
afternoon in the Oval Office. February 2, 1975.
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Mrs.
Ford taken in the White House Treaty Room.
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Susan
Ford with Shan, the Ford family's Siamese cat.
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President:
Gerald R. Ford
Wife: Elizabeth "Betty" Bloomer Warren (1918-
), on October 15, 1948
Kids: Michael Gerald Ford (1950- ); John Gardner Ford
(1952- ); Steven Meigs Ford (1956- ); Susan Elizabeth Ford
(1957- )
Pets: Liberty, a Golden retriever; Chan, a Siamese
Cat
Bio: Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913-) was the 38th President
of the United States. He was born Leslie Lynch King Jr., on
July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents divorced shortly
after his birth, and his mother remarried Gerald R. Ford,
who adopted Leslie. . They then renamed him Gerald R. Ford
Jr. Although Ford excelled in athletics, mainly football,
he also was an excellent student and graduated from the University
of Michigan with a dual degree in economics and political
science in 1935. The Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers
both courted Ford to join their teams but he declined, choosing
instead to coach at Yale University. He then entered law school
there and continued coaching, earning his law degree in 1941.
After passing the bar exam, Ford set up a law practice in
Grand Rapids. But soon after WWII began, he joined the U.S.
Naval Reserve, where he served as an athletic director in
the South Pacific. Ford returned to Grand Rapids after 4 years
in the military to continue his law career.
In 1948, he was elected to Congress where he focused on reducing
federal spending on entitlement programs. He strove to be
elected Speaker of the House, but instead was offered the
vice presidency when Spiro Agnew stepped down in 1973. Ford
served as vice president for only nine months, when he was
thrust into the Presidency after Nixon resigned due to the
Watergate scandal. In August 1974, Ford took the oath of office
as president of the United States and granted a full pardon
to Nixon, eliminating the criminal charges against him. Public
outcry put Ford under the microscope.
In 1976, Ford ran for election but was defeated by Democrat
Jimmy Carter. Ford remains in California where he lives with
his wife, Betty.
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