Gerald Ford was never elected. He became Vice President after the resignation of Spiro Agnew and succeeded to the Presidency August 9th 1974. Ford served the remainder of Nixon's term. He lost the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter.
When the president of the U.s.A Mr Richard Nixon, had to resign due to the watergate , then Gerald Ford had to take over and won the next election. incident
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford became president when Richard Nixon resigned, but did not win the next election.
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election defeating Gerald Ford. In the 1976 presidential election Jimmy Carter received 297 electoral votes (55.3%) and Gerald Ford received 240 electoral votes (44.7%). The popular vote totals were Carter 40,830,763 and Ford 39,147,793.
Gerald Ford lost the 1976 presidential election to Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election defeating Gerald Ford. In the 1976 presidential election Jimmy Carter received 297 electoral votes and Gerald Ford received 240 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Carter 40,830,763 and Ford 39,147,793.
Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford in the 1976 election.
Milo Lopez
Gerald Ford.
In 1976.
I may not understand your question but Gerald Ford did seek the presidency in 1976. He was nominated by the Republicans but lost the election to Jimmy Carter.
How can you run for RE-election when you were never Elected, in the first place, for the office you are holding. You should be considered as running for Election not Re-election. Yet historical accounts always seem to indicate that Gerald Ford ran for Re-election not, in fact, for Election.
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election defeating Gerald Ford. In the 1976 presidential election Jimmy Carter received 297 electoral votes (55.3%) and Gerald Ford received 240 electoral votes (44.7%). The popular vote totals were Carter 40,830,763 and Ford 39,147,793.