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Gerald R. Ford - Thirty-Eighth President of the United States

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"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."

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Birth: July 14, 1913

Death: December 26, 2006

Term of Office: August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977

Number of Terms Elected: No Terms; Was never elected to be president or vice-president but instead took office upon the resignation first of Spiro Agnew and then of Richard Nixon

First Lady: Elizabeth Anne Bloomer

Major Events While in Office:

  • Ford grants Nixon an unconditional pardon (1974)
  • Campaign Reform Law (1974)
  • Communist victory in Southeast Asia (1975-76)
  • Helsinki Agreement (1975)

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