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Upon Ford's death, President George W. Bush said in a written statement: . Laura and I are greatly saddened by the passing of former President Gerald R. Ford. President Ford was a great American who gave many years of dedicated service to our country.
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.A member of the Republican Party, Ford assumed the presidency after the resignation of President Richard Nixon, under whom he had served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974 following Spiro Agnew's resignation.
Ford was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1890 to George R. Ford and Frances (Pixley). [2] Ford's father George died in a train accident in 1903, forcing him to drop out of school to support the family. [3] He was working as a paint salesman at the Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company when he met Dorothy Ayer Gardner King.
Gerald Ford, a Republican from Michigan, was inaugurated as the nation's 38th president on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, and ended on January 20, 1977. The following articles cover the timeline of Ford's presidency, and the time leading up to it: Presidency: 1974–1977. Timeline of the Gerald Ford presidency (1974)
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Vice President Gerald R. Ford with Gov. Bill Milliken and Senator Bob Griffin in August 1974. Ford was in West Branch, Iowa, where former President Herbert Hoover was from, for a 1989 conference ...
Gerald R. Ford was the sitting president when he survived two attempts in California within three weeks in 1975, while Sunday’s assumed assassination attempt on Trump at his Florida golf club ...
In 1916, Charles H. King agreed to pay the delinquent alimony and future child support until his death on the stipulation that Dorothy drop charges against Leslie. [12] On February 1, 1917, Dorothy Gardner King married Grand Rapids businessman Gerald Rudolff Ford. They called her son Gerald Ford Jr., although he was not formally adopted.