President Number Burial Place Grand Rapids, Michigan. Professor Greene is the Paul J. Featured Insights. Miller Center expert Ken Hughes talks about the scandal that brought Ford into office.
Speeches View His Speeches. September 8, Remarks on Pardoning Richard Nixon audio icon transcript icon. April 10, Address on U. Foreign Policy audio icon transcript icon. Download Guide. From humble beginnings, Gerald R. Ford worked hard to make his way to becoming the 38th president of the United States of America. Ford inherited a presidency that had lost the trust of the American people and faced national and international challenges such as inflation, unemployment, and the end of the Vietnam War.
Use these clips from Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character to spark classroom discussion. Navigation Officer Gerald R. Ford takes a sextant reading aboard the USS Monterey. October 15, President Ford announces his decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon.
September 8, A longtime Republican congressman from Michigan, Ford had been appointed vice president less than a year earlier by President Nixon.
He is credited with helping to restore public confidence in government after the disillusionment of the Watergate era. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. His name at birth was Leslie Lynch King Jr.
She then married Gerald R. Ford, a successful paint salesman who adopted her young son. Ford recalled in his memoirs that he learned about his biological father at the age of 12 and only met the man a couple of times. A high-school football star in Grand Rapids, Ford attended the University of Michigan on an athletic scholarship. After earning a degree in economics in , he later went on to study law at Yale University.
Shortly after he graduated from law school in , America. Ford enlisted in the U. Navy and served aboard an aircraft carrier. In , he married Elizabeth Betty Bloomer Warren , a former professional dancer and department store fashion coordinator. They eventually had four children: Michael , John , Steven and Susan Ford also launched his career in politics in , when he was elected to the U. House of Representatives.
He served in the House for the next 25 years, earning a reputation as a friendly, honest, loyal and hardworking Republican. Kennedy The following year, Ford became House Minority Leader. A number of high-ranking Nixon administration officials knew about the break-in, and the president himself took part in efforts to cover up the illegal activities that became known as the Watergate scandal.
As the scandal came to light, Vice President Spiro T. Steel says it will lower price increase after Ford Administration's challenge. December 27 - The President signed a bill creating a temporary Commission to study the paperwork generated by the Federal Government.
January 1 - President Ford signed the Privacy Act of , representing an advance in protecting a right precious to every American the right of individual privacy.
January 1 - The President announced his intention to nominate James T. Lynn as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. January 3 - President Ford signed the Trade Act of , reaffirming the deep American commitment to an open world economic order and interdependence as essential conditions of mutual economic health. He said the Nation must fight inflation, recession and energy dependence. January 14 - The President announced his intention to nominate Edward H. Levi as Attorney General and William T.
Coleman, Jr. January 15 - President Ford delivered his State of the Union message before a joint session of Congress, describing the State of the Union as "not good.
April 4 - Unemployment at 8. Eight million out of work. Highest point since President Ford will recommend extension of unemployment compensation benefits. May 12 - Cambodia seizes U. Military action ordered by the President successfully rescues ship and crew. June 19 - President Ford authorized establishment of the President Ford Committee to promote his nomination for election in July 15 - President Ford sends a message to the Soviet Cosmonauts and the American Astronauts, hailing their joint space mission as "blazing a new trail of international space cooperation.
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