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Two years later, lingering public resentment over the pardon was a factor in Ford's narrow loss to Democratic Party nominee Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election. [ 22 ] After Ford left the White House in 1977, he privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v.
In May 1973, Carter warned his party against politicizing the Watergate scandal, [96] which he attributed to president Richard Nixon's isolation from Americans and secretive decision-making. [ 97 ] 1976 presidential campaign
Richard Nixon: 20: Republican: 1969–1974 1913–1994 Ronald Reagan: 16: Republican: 1981–1989 1911–2004 James K. Polk: 13: Democratic: 1845–1849 1795–1849 Dwight D. Eisenhower: 10: Republican: 1953–1961 1890–1969 Joe Biden: 10 [17] Democratic: 2021–2025 born 1942 Gerald Ford: 9: Republican: 1974–1977 1913–2006 Jimmy Carter ...
It also contributed to Ford's loss of the 1976 presidential election to Democratic former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. ... Ford was honored for pardoning former President Richard Nixon in 1974 ...
Jimmy Carter was the perfect candidate for 1976, columnist George Skelton writes, and he was an exceptional ex-president. ... lost respect for the presidency over Richard Nixon’s Watergate ...
President Jimmy Carter and ex-presidents Gerald Ford and Nixon meet at the White House before former vice president Hubert Humphrey's funeral, 1978. In December 1974, Nixon began planning his comeback despite the considerable ill will against him in the country. He wrote in his diary, referring to himself and Pat, So be it. We will see it through.
George McGovern took advantage of those changes to win a surprise nomination in 1972, but he lost the general election to Richard Nixon in a landslide. Jimmy Carter took full advantage of the ...
Nixon's funeral on April 27, 1994, was attended by President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, accompanied by former U.S. Presidents (right to left) Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, with Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush respectively. As of 2025, all former presidents and first ...