Gerald Ford

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The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified only 7 years previously) allowed Gerald Ford the smoothly succeed Richard Nixon.

The amendment clarifies the succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

It replaces the ambiguous wording in the Constitution, which does not expressly state whether the Vice President becomes the President, as opposed to an "Acting President", if the President dies, resigns, is removed from office or is otherwise unable to complete his term.

His very first was to pardon Nixon for his crimes while president.

Jimmy Carter ran against Gerald Ford in 1976 for president, with Carter winning the presidency.

President Nixon resigned.

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The only failure of Ford was his pardon of Richard Nixon. I was honored to be his campaign chairman while a student at the University of Oklahoma in 1976.

I met both the President and his son, Jack. What a great experience! He was crucified unfairly for pardoning Nixon back then. We were in a recession, and the country had major challenges and over 75% of his time was spent talking to lawyers on both sides of the Watergate scandal. He knew that the country couldn't afford to have Nixon in a court of law and having it drag out for many more months along with appeals and so forth. Ford did the right thing by putting a quick end to this. He knew that politcally, he had probably lost the election in 1976, but he knew he did what was best for the country. He put country first over politcs! Nixon had phlebitis as it turned out and was very sick and was close to dying in the fall of 1974. Being forced to resigned was a huge humiliation for Nixon and suffered for it. I don't think the majority of the American people would have wanted to see him in prison.

Gerald Ford is primarily remembered for his role as the 38th President of the United States. He became president in 1974 after Richard Nixon's resignation, and is known for his efforts to heal the nation following the Watergate scandal. Ford's pardon of Nixon was controversial but seen as an attempt to bring closure and move the country forward.

The process of the ending of the Cold War began in the 1980s. Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980 and served two terms to 1988. So he was in power for much of that era .

He increased military spending, threatened to build "Star Wars" missile defense system. Which forced The Soviet Union to increase spending, which may have driven them into bankruptcy.

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Gerald Ford was different than other presidents because he was able to create policies when congress was largely made up of the opposing party. He made changes to curb spending and government intervention to help the economy.

Gerald R. Ford Sr. was the second husband of the President's mother. He legally adopted her son in 1918, when his name was changed from Leslie King to Gerald R. Ford. His mother was Dorothy Gardner.

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Two unrelated assassination attempts were made on President Ford in California, both by women. The first was on 5 September 1975 in Sacramento by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme of Charles Manson infamy and the second in San Francisco 17 days later by Sara Jane Moore. Fromme's attempt failed because she had failed to lock and load her .45 automatic and therefore pulled the trigger on an empty chamber. Moore had her aim deflected by a bystander and failed to get off a second round.

Gerald Ford became president when Richard Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Ford was never elected president, only vice president.

Following the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States, became President upon taking the oath of office on August 8, 1974.

President Gerald R. Ford is buried on the grounds of his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

His wife, Betty, is buried there as well - on July 14, 2011- the 98th anniversary of President Ford' s birth.

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People did not like Gerald R. Ford very much, as his average approval rating was 47.2 percent. One major reason for disapproval was his pardoning of Richard Nixon.

The pardon was made in 1974 soon after Nixon left office.

Ford was not impeached. He became president after Nixon was forced out of office due largely to the Watergate cover up. Nixon was was facing impeachment process but resign prior.

Ford Pardoned Nixon

The presidents who were Democrats during that time period were John F. Kennedy (elected in 1960), Lyndon B. Johnson (took office after Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, then served a full term); and Jimmy Carter (elected in 1976, served one term).