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Gerald Ford

president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)

11 dated entries naming Gerald Ford, drawn from 6 separate years between 1913 CE and 2006 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Gerald R. Ford in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1913July 14 – Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (died 2006)source
  • 1973November 27 – The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States.source
  • 1973December 6 – The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day.source
  • 1974August 9 – Vice President Gerald Ford becomes the 38th president of the United States upon Nixon's resignation.source
  • 1974August 9 – Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment and conviction in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. Vice President Gerald R. Ford becomes the 38th president upon Nixon's resignation, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the White House.source
  • 1974September 8 – President Gerald Ford signs Proclamation 4311, granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, his predecessor.source
  • 1976July 26 – In Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan announces his choice of liberal U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate Republican delegates away from President Gerald Ford.source
  • 1976October 6 – In San Francisco, during his second televised debate with Jimmy Carter, U.S. President Gerald Ford incorrectly declares that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" (there is at the time).source
  • 1976November 2 – 1976 United States presidential election: Jimmy Carter narrowly defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War.source
  • 1977January 20 - Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President of the United States after defeating Gerald Ford in the 1976 election.source

21st century

  • 2006December 26 – Gerald Ford, 93, American politician, President (1974–1977), Vice President (1973–1974), arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis.source

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