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Ford was the only person to serve as president without being elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency. His presidency ended following his narrow defeat in the 1976 presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter , after a period of 895 days in office.
President Gerald R. Ford Park in Alexandria, Virginia, located in the neighborhood where Ford [245] lived while serving as a Representative and Vice President; President Ford Field Service Council, Boy Scouts of America The council where he was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. Serves 25 counties in Western and Northern Michigan with its ...
Gerald Ford, a Republican from Michigan, was inaugurated as the nation's 38th president on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, and ended on January 20, 1977. The following articles cover the timeline of Ford's presidency, and the time leading up to it: Presidency: 1974–1977. Timeline of the Gerald Ford presidency (1974)
February 6 – President Ford signs Executive Order 11904 establishing the Defense Superior Service Medal, to be awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces (most often presented to senior officers in the flag and general officer grades, followed by a lesser number of Colonels and USN and USCG Captains) who perform "superior meritorious service in a position of significant ...
Ford swam twice daily before his presidency and regretted being unable to do so at the White House. [6] Ford swimming in the White House swimming pool in July 1975. May 23 – Ford signs the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, allowing refugees from South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to enter the United States under a special status. [7]
Ford is honored during a memorial service in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., December 30, 2006. Gregory Willard, President Ford's personal attorney and former White House aide, was responsible for the overall planning and conduct of the state funeral as president and Mrs. Ford and the Ford family's designated personal representative.
Ford was the ninth vice president to succeed to the presidency intra-term, and he remains the most recent to do so, as of 2025. Although this was the ninth, non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to take place since the presidency was established in 1789, it was the first to take place due to a resignation of a president; the previous eight ...
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