gerald ford

     

Geral Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the fortieth Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. Ford was the fifth U.S. President never to have been elected to that position, and the only one never to have won a national election at all. He was the longest lived president in U.S. History.

Trivia about gerald ford

  • He was the only member of the Warren Commission who would later face would-be assassins himself
  • Of the 25 lawyers who have been President, he served most recently
  • He was the only 20th century president who had previously served as U.S. House Minority Leader
  • He was the first man to become U.S. president as a result of the 25th Amendment
  • The last time the University of Michigan retired a football number was in 1994, in honor of this center who graduated in 1935
  • When "Wheel of Fortune" with Chuck Woolery premiered on NBC, this man was in his 5th month of 29 as president
  • Nelson A. Rockefeller
  • One of his domestic initiatives was the WIN program, for "Whip Inflation Now"
  • In 1975 Dick Cheney became this president's Chief of Staff
  • Presidents:Richard Nixon,_____,Jimmy Carter
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.) One year ago he represented Michigan's 5th District. Today, August 9th 1974, he enters the Oval Office as President
  • In 1975 he became the 1st president to attend a performance at Ford's Theatre since Lincoln's assassination
  • August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977
  • He was a boxing & football coach at Yale before attending law school there
  • After a refusal to help NYC in a 1975 fiscal crisis, a Post banner trumpeted, this president "To City: Drop Dead"
  • At 12:03 P.M., August 9, 1974 he was sworn in as president in the East Room of the White House
  • 1973-1974
  • His golden retriever Liberty gave birth to 9 pups in the White House, giving him even more to trip over
  • In 1974 he said, "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president"
  • Leslie Lynch King
  • In the 1970s he had the campaign slogan "He's making us proud again"
  • (Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) In 1986, 10 years after I played at least a small part in denying this man a new term, I met him at a conference on humor & the presidency held at his museum
  • In 1976 he was the first incumbent president to take part in a campaign debate with a rival candidate
  • Served in the House of Representatives the longest
  • Betty Bloomer
  • Seen here, he didn't just look good in a uniform, he was also an MVP & an All-Star:(playing football at Michigan)
  • Chevy Chase was known for taking a tumble or two when playing this 38th president
  • The U.S. celebrated its bicentennial
  • After playing golf with this president: "He hit a birdie--and an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark..."
  • 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Sara Jane Moore was one of 2 would-be assassins of this man in 1975
  • MIchigan,1935;Yale Law School,1941
  • "A Time to Heal"
  • In July 2003 he returned to the White House for a special dinner in honor of his 90th birthday
  • His wife is seen here
  • Oliver Sipple gained fame in 1975 by grabbing Sara Jane Moore's arm as she tried to shoot this man
  • He presided over our national Bicentenial celebration
  • John F. Kennedy,Gerald Ford,George H.W. Bush
  • July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska
  • On the day of the bicentennial, this president said, "We lead because our whole history says we must"
  • This president fits the category because his middle name is Rudolph
  • He played center for Michigan's national championship teams of 1932 & '33; he dabbled in politics, too
  • An amphitheater in Vail, Colorado is named for this U.S. president, a skiing aficionado
  • This President’s Secretaries of Defense were James Schlesinger followed by Donald Rumsfeld
  • "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe"
  • In 1976 Bob Dole was his running mate
  • Nelson Rockefeller, who had a "Happy" wife
  • This famous American passed away the day after Christmas at the age of 93
  • Before becoming president he said "I am 1st Eagle Scout vice president of the U.S."
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):In 1927 this future politician became an Eagle Scout of Grand Rapids Boy Scout Troop 15:
  • He was the first (& only) veep to assume the presidency under the provisions of the 25th amendment
  • A member of the Warren Commission, he co-wrote "Portrait of the Assassin", a book about Lee Harvey Oswald
  • The U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez was seized by Cambodian forces; U.S. forces rescued the crew of 39
  • He practiced law in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • This man who served from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977, had the second shortest term of the 20th Century
  • "A Time to Heal"
  • Nelson Rockefeller
  • This 38th president's museum displays a selection of bicentennial items
  • His autobiography is "A Time to Heal"
  • Rudolph