OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.

BORN:
Leslie Lynch King Jr. (Birth Name)
July 14, 1913;
Omaha, Nebraska

DIED:
December 26, 2006 (age 93);
Rancho Mirage, California.

EDUCATION:
University of Michigan (BA)
Yale Law School (JD)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

SPOUSE:
Betty Bloomer (m. 1948)

CHILDREN:

HIGHLIGHTS:
1942-1946:
U.S. Navy
1949-1973:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-MI)
1963-1965:
Chair, House Republican Conference
1965-1973:
Leader, House Republican Conference;
House Minority Leader
12/6/1973-8/9/1974:
Vice President of the United States
8/9/1974- 1/20/1977:
38th President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

White House
White House Historical Association
Ford Library
American National Biography
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Miller Center
History Channel
Wikipedia

Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Digital Library (Ford Library)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Public Papers (National Archives)
Oral Histories (Gerald R. Ford Foundation)
Transition Oral History (National Archives)
Library of Congress
Speech Archive (Ford Library, Miller Center)
American Presidents (C-SPAN)

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1974 SWEARING-IN:

8/9/1974 Address to Nation (Transcript, Ceremony, Video)
Media Coverage (NYT)
Library of Congress
Joint Congressional Committee

9/8/1974 PARDON OF NIXON:

Ford Library
Proclamation Granting the Pardon
Newspapers, 9/8/1974 (NYT)
Address to Nation, 9/8/1974 (Video, Transcript)
Congressional Testimony, 10/17/1974 (Video, Statement, Transcript)
The Pardon (Atlantic, 8/1983)
Analysis, 12/28/2006, (WP, NYT)
Wikipedia

1976 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
JIMMY CARTER (PRESIDENT)
WALTER MONDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 297 (55.2%)
Popular Vote: 40,830,763 (50.1%)

REPUBLICANS:
GERALD FORD (PRESIDENT)
BOB DOLE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote 240 (44.6%)
Popular Vote (39,147,792) (48.0%)

FORD ADMINISTRATION:

CHIEF OF STAFF:
Donald H. Rumsfeld (1974-1975)
Richard B. Cheney (1975-1977)

PRESS SECRETARY:
Jerald terHorst (1974)
Ron Nessen (1974–1977)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Earl L. Butz (1971–1976)
John A. Knebel (1976–1977)

DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
William E. Colby (1973–1976)
George H.W. Bush (1976–1977)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Frederick B. Dent (1974–1975)
Rogers C. B. Morton (1975–1976)
Elliot L. Richardson (1976–1977)

CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS:
Herbert Stein (1972-1974)
Alan Greenspan (1974-1977)

CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:
George S. Brown (1974-1978)

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:
James R. Schlesinger (1973–1975)
Donald H. Rumsfeld (1975–1977)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR:
Russell E. Train (1973-1977)

SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, & WELFARE:
Caspar W. Weinberger (1973–1975)
F. David Matthews (1975–1977)

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT:
James T. Lynn (1974–1975)
Carla A. Hills (1975–1977)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Rogers C. B. Morton (1971–1975)
Stanley K. Hathaway (1975)
Thomas S. Kleppe (1975–1977)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
William B. Saxbe (1974–1975)
Edward H. Levi (1975–1977)

SECRETARY OF LABOR:
Peter J. Brennan (1973–1975)
John T. Dunlop (1975–1976)
W. J. Usery, Jr. (1976–1977)

NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR:
Henry A. Kissinger (1969–1975)
Brent Scowcroft (1975–1977)

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Roy L. Ash (1973–1975)
James T. Lynn (1975–1977)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Henry A. Kissinger (1974–1977)

SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION:
Claude S. Brinegar (1973–1975)
William T. Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
William E. Simon (1974–1977)

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR:
John A. Scali (1973-1975)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1975-1976)
William W. Scranton (1976-1977)

U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE:
Frederick B. Dent (1975-1977)
William D. Eberle (1971-1974)

CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
Arthur F. Burns (1970-1978)

ADVISORS/ STAFF:
Philip W. Buchen
Robert T. Hartmann
John O. Marsh, Jr.

SUPREME COURT:

John Paul Stevens (1975-2010)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Carl B. Albert (1971-1977)
Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr.  (1977-1987)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
Mike Mansfield (1961-1977)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Larry King Interview (CNN, 12/1999)
Obituaries, 12/27/2006 (WP, NYT, LAT)