Gerald Ford: Timeline

1913   Born

1973   The United States Senate United States Senate

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 votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States Vice President of the United States

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1973   The United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives

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 votes 387-35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day.

1974   Richard Nixon Richard Nixon

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 becomes the first President of the United States President of the United States

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 to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment in response to his role in the Watergate scandal Watergate scandal

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. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th President.

1974   Watergate Scandal Watergate scandal

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: U.S. President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon Richard Nixon

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 for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in offi

1974   U.S. President Gerald Ford signs a campaign reform bill, which sets new regulations for federal campaigns, in the wake of the Watergate scandal Watergate scandal

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1975   U.S. President Gerald Ford appoints Vice President Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Rockefeller

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 to head a special commission looking into alleged domestic abuses by the CIA.

1975   In Sacramento, California Sacramento, California

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, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson Charles Manson

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, attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.

1975   U.S. President Gerald Ford survives a second assassination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore in San Francisco.

1976   Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison.

1976   U.S. President Gerald Ford signs the Federal Election Campaign Act.

1976   U.S. President Gerald Ford Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., was the 38th President of the United States [i]. ... 

 edges out challenger Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan

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 to win the Republican Party presidential nomination in Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri

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1976   During his second televised debate with Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter

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, U.S. President Gerald Ford stumbles when he declares that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" (there was at the time).

1976   U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter

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 defeats incumbent Gerald Rudolph Ford Gerald Ford

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, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War.

1977   U.S. President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino Iva Toguri D'Aquino

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 (aka "Tokyo Rose Tokyo Rose

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1977   Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter

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 succeeds Gerald Ford as the 39th President of the United States President of the United States

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