Gerald Ford became president upon Nixon's resignation. President Ford is the only US president who was not actually elected to office. Also, if memory serves, Andrew Jackson held the office the shortest time - anyway, there was a former pre...
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President Gerald Ford was the only man in history to serve as president and vice president without being elected to either post. Madeleine Brand speaks with James Cannon, author of Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History, about Ford's political ... Democrats believed that if he were to become president,
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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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Gerald R. Ford became President not because he was popular with the American public, not because he campaigned for the job, but because of his character. ... More than any other president of this century, Ford was chosen for his integrity and trustworthiness; his peers in Congress put him in the White House because he told...
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When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances.... This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts." ... For more information about President Ford, please visit; Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum...
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Voters in Grand Rapids, Michigan nominated Ford to the House of Representatives in 1948. They reelected him every 2 years until Ford had served nearly 26 years. He was a Republican. In 1973, President Richard M. Nixon appointed Gerald Ford Vice President when Spiro T. Agnew resigned.
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Gerald Ford to Become Longest Living Former President, Former President Gerald Ford to pass Ronald Reagan's record by living longer than any other former U.S. president. ... Former President Gerald Ford Released From Hospital...
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POLITICAL OFFICES: U.S. Representative, House Majority Leader, Vice President; NICKNAME: "Jerry"; *The only person ever to become president without being elected to the executive office, Gerald Ford first became Vice President upon the resignation of Spiro Agnew, then President when Richard Nixon resigned.
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*Gerald Ford was the only person ever to become president without being elected to the executive office. He first became Vice President upon the resignation of Spiro Agnew, then President when Richard Nixon resigned.
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