Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. ) (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of th...
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Presidency of Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerald Ford's Presidency of the United States spanned 29 months, lasting from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977. When President Richard Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal on August ...
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Ford announces and explains his controversial decision. ... Ford's decision to pardon Nixon ended the possible spectacle of private citizen Nixon going on trial and also likely ended Ford's chances for re-election to the presidency in 1976.
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www.historyplace.com/speeches/ford.htm
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Ford's former chief of staff, James Cannon, said Ford resisted the word "deal" when talking about how he came to pardon Nixon, but it appeared to him that the nature of the pardon smacked of quid pro quo. Cannon said members of Ford's staff told him not to pardon Nixon because it would appear to be a deal.
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Gerald Ford demonstrated one refreshing presidential trait last week: when the heat is on, he does not flee the kitchen. Despite the outcry over his premature pardon of Richard Nixon, Ford... ... Inevitably, Ford was asked why he gave a full pardon to Nixon and only conditional amnesty to Viet Nam War evaders.
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TIME's list of the most notorious presidential pardons ... A little over a year after he resigned in the wake of Watergate, Richard Nixon received a highly controversial pardon from President Gerald Ford. Some charged that the pardon was part of an agreement reached with Ford when Nixon left office;
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On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon of any wrongdoings in the Watergate scandal. The pardon actually came out less than a month after Nixon resigned the presidency.
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The Watergate Scandal ... Some people believe that when Ford became next in line of succession, the reluctance some politicians had to remove Nixon evaporated. ... However, President Ford decided to pardon his predecessor. He made a television address on September 8, 1974 to give his reasons for the pardon proclamation.
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Headline: Nixon Pardon / Health ... (Studio) Reasons for Ford pardon of Nixon considered. REPORTER: Roger Mudd ... Schorr reports Nixon lawyers consider asking cts to excuse Nixon from testifying in Watergate cover-up trial on grounds of health. If Judge John Sirica rejects such a motion, attys. might ask testimony be taken...
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