The biography for President Ford and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. When Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office on August 9, 1974 as our 38th President, he declared, “I assume the Presidency under extraordinary circumstances…This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.”

Jan 20, 2013 · GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The decision by Grand Rapids native and former President Gerald R. Ford to pardon his disgraced predecessor after the Watergate scandal …

Jan 4, 2007 · Is it possible to explain the mystifying public enchantment with putative presidential candidate Barack Obama in light of the virtues so lovingly and lyrically attributed to President Gerald...

Jul 5, 2023 · Former President Gerald Ford became the first commander in chief in modern memory to confront the dope revolution after his son admitted in an October 1975 interview that he had smoked pot.

Nov 6, 2015 · From Gerald Ford to Barack Obama, many presidential hopefuls have campaigned for laughs and votes on the iconic late-night comedy series.

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977.

Peter Baker, Gerald R. Ford Journalism Award Recipient and journalist, presented a lecture on his new book "Obama: The Call of History", a vivid and in-depth illustrated account of Barack Obama's eight years as President of the United States.

The 895-day presidency of Gerald R. Ford is generally viewed as interregnum, but it offers valuable insights into the problems of presidential leadership, if only because Ford had to respond to the challenge of being the first chief executive who …

Nov 29, 2012 · There are warm memories of Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford becoming close friends, and Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush bonding while leading the Haiti relief effort, but those are the...

Sep 3, 2024 · President Gerald Ford was "incandescent" after a White House band committed a musical gaffe during the 1976 state visit of Queen Elizabeth II, but the monarch thought it was "hilarious," her...