The Presidents of the USA

Fast Facts

Gerald R. Ford

1974-1977

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

birthplace

Omaha, NE

birthday

July 14

Life

1913- 2006

age

OFC:61 , d. 93

party

Republican

presidency highlights

End of Vietnam War — Pardon to Nixon

nickname:

Mr. Nice Guy

vice-president:

Nelson Rockefeller

previous office

40th Vice President of USA

key background fact:

Vice President (1972-1974)

occupation

Lawyer, Public Official

military service

Lt. Commander -U.S. Navy (Naval Res.) -WW II (10 battle stars)

children

4: 3 boys 1 girl

wife:

Elizabeth “Betty” Bloomer Warren (1948)

height

6' 0'' / 1.83 m

higher education

University of Michigan, Yale

religion

Episcopalian

quote

"My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over"

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actions & events

1974 Granted a pardon to Nixon.
1975 Airlift of 237,000 Vietnamese refugees

economy

Recession & Inflation. The worst economy since the Great Depression.

foreign affairs

1975 Evacuation of US embassy in Saigon
1975 SALT Treaties with Soviet Union.
1975 Helsinki Accord

military activity

1974 Official end of the Vietnam War
1975 Mayaguez Incident. Marines against Khmer Rouge who seized an American ship.

unique facts

The only president not elected by the people as either vice president or president.

interesting

Was the center of the Univ.of Michigan Football Team. Worked as a fashion model in the 1940s. Was a member of Warren Commission
Held his daughter's prom in the White House.

military activity

1974 Official end of the Vietnam War
1975 Mayaguez Incident. Marines against Khmer Rouge who seized an American ship.

Legacy

A congressional president whose historic role was to mop up -effectively- the dregs of the two most damaging episodes in the history of the modern White House: Watergate and Vietnam.

Saigon evacuation - 1975