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Gerald Ford
Born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913 – 2006) was the 38th US President. Because he was appointed Vice-President, and later succeeded Richard Nixon as President upon Nixon’s resignation, he was the only one not elected into both posts.
463 Questions
What year did abe lincoln free the slaves?
September 22nd, 1862, when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and later this was built on by another order on January 1st, 1863. After these were signed, a couple of years passed and people quickly began to free slaves. Sometime in July of 1865, all the slaves in America had finally been set free.
Who was Gerald Ford opponent in general election?
In 1974, Ford replaced Nixon since he was impeached. After he finished his 2 year term he ran again in 1976. In 1976 he ran against Jimmy Carter and lost.
Jimmy Carter
What government offices did Gerald R Ford hold?
Gerald R. Ford was a longtime member of the US House of Representatives and Vice-President of the USA.
What year did president Gerald Ford get married?
Gerald Ford married to Betty Bloomer in October 15, 1948
Who defeated Gerald Ford in 1976?
In 1972, Gerald Ford, incumbent of Michigan's 5th district, was challenged by the following candidates:
- Jean McKee (D)
- Dwight W. Johnson (American Independent)
- Frank Girard (Socialist Labor)
- Alan Kee Maki (Communist)
What domestic problems did Gerald Ford face as president?
the economy had mad high inflation because of the Arab oil crisis
What president came after Gerald Ford?
James Earl Carter Jr. was the US President after Gerald Ford.
Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 January 20 to 1981 January 20. Carter was a peanut processor and former governor of the state of Georgia. He was the only US President to have served as Vice-President and President, never having been elected to either office.
Who was Gerald Ford's Press Secretary?
James Brady was Reagan's press secretary. Brady was shot when Reagan was shot and Larry Speakesbecame the acting press secretary.
When did Inauguration of Gerald Ford happen?
The state funeral in Washington, DC was held Jan. 2, 2007. A second service was held the next day in Grand Rapids, MI , where he was buried.
In what state was US President Gerald Ford born in?
Ford was a US Congressman from Michigan and lived there most of his adult life.
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
In what year was Gerald Ford Richard Nixon's running mate?
Richard Nixon's first running mate for the presidential election was Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, with Nixon as the Vice Presidential candidate.
Nixon's first running mate as a presidential candidate was Henry Cabot Lodge in 1960.
Why did the US choose Gerald Ford as president?
The US didn't elect Gerald Ford as President. He became president after Richard Nixon resigned.
Why was Nixon a bad president?
Does anyone believe that Nixon was NOT trying illegally to protect guilty members in his administration, who afterall were doing his bidding and went to jail for it, whether or not he personally told them to bug the Democratic Reelection Committee. And there is, of course, the famous 'smoking gun' tape, which convinced members of his own party that he should be impeached. If he hadn't resigned, he'd have been convicted and gone to jail. So, WHO believes he was innocent? Perhaps the same people who believe the earth is 6,000 years old, i.e. true believers!
For another point of view...
1. In 1964 president Johnson asked Congress permission for war against North Vietnam and he got it. Many people think that Nixon should have asked the same every time he extended the war. But in the mean time many congresmen and senators had changed their minds about this never ending war and the answer could have been negative.
It was difficult for Nixon however to ask permission because then the ennemy would have known about his plans beforehand. He did discus the matter with some individual senators.
2. When Hunt, Liddy and McCoy organized the burglary in the Watergate building, Nixon knew nothing about it and when he heard about it, he was told that no people in the White House were involved. So he tried to suppress further investigation of the FBI, not because to protect guilty people, but because unnecessary publicity would be damaging for the election and for innocent people.
The FBI and the CIA convinced him that this was not a case of national security and that suppressing would be unlawful. So within two weeks he said "go ahead" to the FBI-chief.
The tapes do not prove that Nixon ordered the burglary or that he definitively hid the truth. In the opnion of people however hen obstructed justice by not giving the tapes immediately so that his considering of hiding the truth was unnoticed for many months. But Nixon was forgotton his considerations two years earlier and did not know about that smoking gun tape. What he wanted to hide were all kinds of conversations that had nothing to do with Watergate.
Everythings shows that the senators were not after the truth, but for political reasons after Nixon. Because there was so little evidence for the Watergate case, they used the tapes to prove that Nixon committed all kinds of crimes.
All these people do not consider the fact that a war was goning on inside the country about civil rights. And that a war was going on in Vietnam; that publication of the secret Pentagon Papers could possibly endanger American soldiers in Vietnam. Foreign leaders were amazed about all the fuss. What amazes me however is that after all these years Americans still take Watergate seriously.
Back to another point of view, answering the question, Why take Watergate seriously?...
What Nixon did wrong was to think he could get away with abusing the power of the Executive branch, a classic case of paranoid hubris. The American people, Republicans as well as Democrats, were horrified to learn what dirty tricks the Nixon Administration and the Nixon Reelection Committee were up to.
Impeachment is by definition and practice a political act involving, not the courts, but the Legislative branch. The act of lying to the American people on serious matters, part of the famous 'cover-up', was enough to get him impeached. His erratic behavior (inspired by hatred of his progressive 'enemies' who he was out to get) frightened the country, not to mention the world, and contributed to his downfall. For a detailed month by month account of those momentous days read Elizabeth Drew's Washington Journal.
No one thought then, and only the extreme right-wing thinks now, that Nixon was innocent or unfairly treated by a democratic system that proved, to liberals and conservatives alike, that it worked. Future presidents will think twice. That's why Watergate is taken seriously.
Who was the vice president before Gerald Ford?
Spiro Agnew was the Vice President before Gerald Ford, serving with President Richard Nixon. Agnew resigned due to corruption charges.
How many siblings did Gerald Ford have?
yes Gerald ford Had 4 kids: Michael Gerald ford born march 14 1950
john (jack) Gardner ford born march 16 1952
Steven Meigs ford born may 19, 1956
Susan Elizabeth Ford; born July 6, 1957
First president not elected to be President or vice president?
President Gerald Ford.
In 1972, President Nixon and Vice President Agnew were elected to a second 4 year term.
Vice President Agnew resigned after being convicted of bribery charges in 1973. President Nixon appointed Rep. Gerald Ford (MI-5) the House Minority Leader to fill Agnew's position. Nixon himself then resigned in 1974 facing the possibility of criminal prosecution stemming from Watergate. Vice President Ford therefore became President Ford.
In 1976, President Ford was defeated by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, in the Presidential elections of that year.
Ford thus served 1 year as Vice-President and 2 years President without being elected to either office.
Why was Gerald Ford a president that never got elected by the people?
He was appointed to replace Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew when Agnew resigned and replaced President Richard Nixon when he resigned.
Why was Gerald Ford a bad president?
General Ford was so unpopular for three main reasons. The first being that he pardoned Richard Nixon which many felt he shouldn't have done and also because he was still considered a part of Nixon's Watergate scandal and many thought he was just as shady as Nixon. Finally, Ford was the only president never elected into office because he was chosen by Nixon after the election because Nixon's Vice-president had to step down due to a scandal involving money. Then when Nixon retired because of Watergate Ford became president without ever being voted in which many feel was unfair that he was president when noone voted him in.
