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Gerald Rudolph Ford - 38th President of the United States August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977
 Born: July 14, 1913, Omaha, Nebraska
61 Years Old, Episcopalian, Lawyer, Republican
Parents: Leslie & Dorothy (Gardner) King
Married: October 15, 1948, to Elizabeth Bloomer
Children: Michael Gerald (1950- ); John Gardner (1952); Steven Meigs (1956- ); Susan Elizabeth (1957-).
Also served:
Vice President for Richard Nixon
U.S. Congress
Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York
Facts:
Gerald Ford was the first president not elected by the people to become president. He became vice president when Nixon's elected vice president, Spiro T. Agnew, resigned.
Was born as Leslie King, Jr.
Both Ford and his wife, Betty, had been models before their marriage.
Ford was the only president whose two assassination attempts against him were made by women.
Nickname: "Jerry"
Was not Inaugurated
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives became Vice President upon the resignation of Spiro Agnew, under the process of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. When President Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, Vice President Ford took the executive oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger, in the East Room of the White House.
Visit the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum
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