Gerald Ford

(noun)

The 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States from 1973 to 1974.

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Examples of Gerald Ford in the following topics:

  • The Ford Inauguration

    • Gerald Ford became president of the United States after Richard Nixon resigned, serving from 1974 to 1977.
    • When President Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974 over the controversy of the Watergate scandal, Vice President Gerald Ford assumed the presidency; this made him the only person to assume the presidency without having been previously voted into either the presidential or vice presidential office.
    • The economy was a great concern during the Ford administration.
    • They claimed Ford's pardon was granted in exchange for Nixon's resignation, which elevated Ford to the Presidency.
    • Gerald and Betty Ford with the President and First Lady Pat Nixon after President Nixon nominated Ford to be Vice President, October 13, 1973.

  • Legislative Agendas

  • The Ford Administration

    • Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977.
    • Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and prior to this the fortieth Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974.
    • The economy was a great concern during the Ford administration .
    • The federal budget ran a deficit every year Ford was President.
    • President Gerald Ford meets with his Cabinet on June 29, 1975.

  • The Election of 1976

    • The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard Nixon and subsequent inauguration of Vice President Gerald Ford into the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
    • The contest for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 1976 was between two serious candidates: Gerald Ford, incumbent president and leader of the GOP's moderate wing, and Ronald Reagan, the leader of the GOP's conservative wing and the former two-term governor of California.
    • This position often resulted in favorable publicity for Ford.
    • President Gerald Ford and Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of the three Ford-Carter Debates.
    • Compare the advantages and disadvantages of Ford and Carter in the 1976 election.

  • Television Debates

    • These debates, between Governor Jimmy Carter, the Democratic nominee, and Republican incumbent President Gerald Ford, also demonstrated their dramatic effect.
    • Ford had already cut into Carter's large lead in the polls, and was generally viewed as having won the first debate on domestic policy.
    • However, in a second debate on foreign policy, Ford made what was widely viewed as a major blunder when he stated, "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration. " After this, Ford's momentum stalled, and Carter won a very close election.

  • The 22nd Amendment

    • Gerald Ford became president on August 9, 1974, and served the final 29 months (more than two years) of Richard Nixon's unexpired term.
    • Ford, who lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976 would have been eligible to be elected in his own right only once.

  • National Convention

    • President Gerald Ford, as the Republican nominee, shakes hands with nomination foe Ronald Reagan on the closing night of the 1976 Republican National Convention.
    • Vice-Presidential Candidate Bob Dole is on the far left, then Nancy Reagan, Governor Ronald Reagan is at the center shaking hands with President Gerald Ford, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller is just to the right of Ford, followed by Susan Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.

  • Checks and Balances

    • One of the more famous recent pardons was granted by President Gerald Ford to former President Richard Nixon on September 8, 1974, for official misconduct which gave rise to the Watergate scandal.
    • Polls showed a majority of Americans disapproved of the pardon, and Ford's public-approval ratings tumbled afterward.
    • One of the more famous recent pardons was granted by President Gerald Ford to former President Richard Nixon on September 8, 1974, for official misconduct that gave rise to the Watergate scandal .
    • Polls showed a majority of Americans disapproved of the pardon, and Ford's public-approval ratings tumbled afterward.

  • Conclusion: Political Crises in the 70s and 80s

    • His successor, Gerald Ford, was unable to solve the pressing problems the United States faced or erase the stain of Watergate.
    • At his inauguration in January 1977, President Jimmy Carter began his speech by thanking outgoing president Gerald Ford for all he had done to “heal” the scars left by Watergate.
    • American gratitude had not been great enough to return Ford to the Oval Office, but enthusiasm for the new president was not much greater in the new atmosphere of disillusionment with political leaders.
    • Summarize the controversial policies enacted under Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan

  • Defining a Persuasive Speech

    • President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of the three Ford-Carter Debates.