“And our action in stopping drinking extended both of our lives.”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #www.npr.org
Figure timeline
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974, after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. A member of the Republican Party, Ford previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
sports · President of the United States from 1974 to 1977 · politician · naval officer · lawyer · gridiron football player · autobiographer · American football player · statesperson · vice president · also Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Jr., Leslie Lynch King Jr., Gerald Ford Jr., Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
Born 14 July 1913 · Died 26 December 2006 · Q9582
146 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
14 photos · 1 audio
Listen
President Gerald Ford's Inaugural Address (1974)
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum · Public domain
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Quote
He was absolutely clear to me that this was not out of any kind of great affection for Richard Nixon, nor was it out of any conclusion that Nixon was either innocent or guilty. What he decided to do was to try to just simply end the Nixon years. And his attempt to do that was a complete failure.
84%NPRSource
2026· 39 entries
“He was absolutely clear to me that this was not out of any kind of great affection for Richard Nixon, nor was it out of any conclusion that Nixon was either innocent or guilty. What he decided to do was to try to just simply end the Nixon years. And his attempt to do that was a complete failure.”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #www.npr.org
“As we bind up the internal wounds of Watergate, more painful and more poisonous than those of foreign wars, let us restore the golden rule to our political process, and let brotherly love purge our hearts of suspicion and of hate.”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #www.npr.org
“His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country,”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #www.npr.org
“believe that the Poles consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“United States leadership is essential to combat population growth, to implement the World Population Plan of Action and to advance United States security and overseas interests”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“a federal bail-out of New York City”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“to tell me that there would be a new tape released on a Monday, and he said the evidence in there was devastating and there would probably be either an impeachment or a resignation. And he said,”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Mshale: Look Inside: New West End Albertsons Set To Open Saturday Uss Gerald R. Ford Deployment (bK0OHJVTJt)
- #news
- #headline
Marine Log: Gerald R. Ford-class Archives
- #news
- #headline
Vietnam.vn: El portaaviones USS Gerald R. Ford abandona Oriente Medio y Trump declara que la campaña contra Irán ha "terminado".
- #news
- #headline
Mshale: Oogstvideo Week 34 Ooij Uss Gerald R. Ford Deployment (n2AuNOr7up)
- #news
- #headline
19FortyFive: 100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Sailed 57,713 Nautical Miles, Supported 12,200 Aircraft Carrier Launches and Won't Be Headed to Iran For At Least a Year
- #news
- #headline
Mshale: USS Gerald R. Ford | World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier Begins First European Deployment Ashutosh Sharma (Vqt7zf8xHi)
- #news
- #headline
Mshale: Clacton Express: Binface 2026 Uss Gerald R. Ford Deployment (ZX0AvJx2DP)
- #news
- #headline
Zona Militar: ¿Adiós a las catapultas electromagnéticas? Trump ordena su reemplazo en los futuros portaaviones nucleares clase Gerald R. Ford
- #news
- #headline
AeroTime: Trump orders EMALS removed from fourth Ford-class carrier USS Doris Miller
- #news
- #headline
Encyclopaedia Britannica: USS Gerald R. Ford | Aircraft Carrier, Size, Crew, Deployments, & Photos
- #news
- #headline
The Lufkin Daily News: U.S. Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford conducts flight operations in support of Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran
- #news
- #headline
Mshale: Marine Corps' 250th Anniversary Uss Gerald R. Ford Deployment (HAQb7V662o)
- #news
- #headline
Goodreturns: USS Gerald R Ford returning to Virginia after 300-day Middle East deployment
- #news
- #headline
Mshale: Iran Zerstört Tanker Und Frachtschiffe Im Golf | BILD-Lagezentrum SPEZIAL Uss Gerald R. Ford Deployment (wHVS3TZ5CW)
- #news
- #headline
Mshale: Solitaire (Ace Difficult) - Ace Combat 5 Playthrough Uss Gerald R. Ford Deployment (fl0HzAbhjm)
- #news
- #headline
Mshale: Trouble Uss Gerald R. Ford Deployment (kXRjmMVrde)
- #news
- #headline
Goodreturns: USS Gerald R Ford deployment ends with return to Virginia after 11 months at sea
- #news
- #headline
WMTV 15 NEWS: August 9, 1974- Gerald Ford becomes President
- #news
- #headline
Morning Journal: Today in History: August 9, Gerald Ford declares ‘our long national nightmare is over’
- #news
- #headline
19FortyFive: The F-35C’s Engine Exhaust Totals 3,600°F — US Navy Gerald R. Ford’s Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Would Melt Under Such Stress
- #news
- #headline
Puente de Mando: USS “Gerald R. Ford” Crosses the Strait for the First Time
- #news
- #headline
Alexandria Living Magazine: Gerald Ford Became President 52 Years Ago This Weekend — And Kept Commuting to Work From Alexandria
- #news
- #headline
dvidshub.net: Norfolk Naval Shipyard Welcomes USS Gerald R. Ford for its First Planned Incremental Availability
- #news
- #headline
fact checker rated the claim “The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford on fire after it was struck by Iranian missiles.” misleading.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
fact checker rated the claim “U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford returning to the Red Sea.” misleading.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Thai PBS rated the claim “Iran doesn’t attack USS Gerald R. Ford, but carrier suffers fire in laundry room” Misinformation.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Trump saying that Iran attacked USS Gerald R. Ford from 17 directions” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
Lead Stories rated the claim “Video shows fire damage on USS Gerald Ford caused by laundry room fire” Video Is Faux.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
fact checker rated the claim “U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford damaged by an Iranian attack.” fake.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
fact checker rated the claim “USS Gerald R. Ford Arrived in Israel.” misleading.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
fact checker rated the claim “U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford en route to join USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.” misleading.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
2025· 1 entry
Detroit News: Livengood: Gerald Ford's admirers laying groundwork for national healing amid divisive presidency
- #news
- #headline
2024· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Former U.S. President Gerald Ford once said he believed the U.S. would have its first female president after her predecessor — a male president — dies and she moves into the position via the vice presidency.” Correct Attribution.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
VERA Files rated the claim “American aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford has sunk” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
2022· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Former U.S. President Gerald Ford said he believed a woman would become president by way of the vice presidency.” Correct Attribution.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
- #fact-check
- #rated
- #claim-about-figure
2012· 1 entry
As part of the Michigan Football Legends program and issued to sophomore linebacker Desmond Morgan before a home game against Illinois on October 13
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2011· 1 entry
“My stepfather was a magnificent person and my mother equally wonderful. So I couldn”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
2009· 1 entry
Based on an analysis of the administration's internal discussions, shows that Ford's national security team understood that the seizure of the vessel was a local, and perhaps even accidental, provocation by an immature K
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2008· 1 entry
Ford was in contact with the FBI throughout his time on the Warren Commission and relayed information to the deputy director, Cartha DeLoach, about the panel's activities
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2006· 13 entries
Died 2006-12-26.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
“There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
- #lang:pt
- #multi-edition
“Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: "Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
- #lang:pt
- #multi-edition
“In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we don't make government responsive to the people, we don't make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
- #lang:pt
- #multi-edition
“Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“Todos nós que servimos em uma guerra ou outra sabe muito bem que em todas guerras estão a glória e a agonia do jovem.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:pt
“The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
- #lang:pt
- #multi-edition
“It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
“We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is vital. We will never again permit any foreign nation to have Uncle Sam over a barrel of oil.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #undated
- #lang:en
2005· 1 entry
“with dignity, intellect and without partisan political concerns.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
2001· 2 entries
Awarded Profile in Courage Award for Gerald Ford pardon of Richard Nixon (2001).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
And of the Continuity of Government Commission in 2002
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1999· 1 entry
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Bill Clinton (1999).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #trophy
- #achievement
1998· 1 entry
“s nominee in the 2000 presidential election would lose if the party turned ultra-conservative in their ideals:”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
1997· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (1997).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1983· 1 entry
Awarded Horatio Alger Award (1983).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1982· 2 entries
Ford offered an endorsement of Reagan's economic policies while also stating the possibility of Reagan being met with a stalemate by Congress if not willing to compromise while in Washington
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And joined the American Enterprise Institute as a distinguished fellow
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1981· 2 entries
Ford stated that stopping the Reagan administration's Saudi arms package could have a large negative impact to American relations in the Middle East
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“s Saudi arms package could have a large negative impact to American relations in the Middle East. On March 24, 1982, Ford offered an endorsement of Reagan”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
1980· 6 entries
Ford said former President Nixon's involvement in the general election potentially could negatively impact the Reagan campaign: "I think it would have been much more helpful if Mr
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford cast blame on Carter for the latter's charges of ineffectiveness on the part of the Federal Reserve Board due to his appointing of most of its members: "President Carter, when the going gets tough, will do anything
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford announced that he would forgo a run for the Republican nomination, vowing to support the eventual nominee
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Forgoing numerous opportunities to serve on corporate boards to keep his options open for a rematch with Carter
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“s involvement in the general election potentially could negatively impact the Reagan campaign:”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Ronald Reagan considered his former rival Ford as a potential vice-presidential running mate, but negotiations between the Reagan and Ford camps at the Republican National Convention were unsuccessful
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1979· 1 entry
Ford published his autobiography, A Time to Heal (Harper/Reader's Digest, 454 pages)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1977· 5 entries
Awarded Francis Boyer Award (1977).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Reluctantly agreed to be interviewed by James M
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford remained active in the Republican Party, but his moderate views on various social issues increasingly put him at odds with conservative members of the party in the 1990s and early 2000s
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford established the Gerald R
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Shot a hole in one during a Pro-am held in conjunction with the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic at Colonial Country Club in Memphis, Tennessee
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1976· 7 entries
Election won: 1976 presidential election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #won
The President and First Lady served as hosts at a White House state dinner for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of the United Kingdom, which was televised on the Public Broadcasting Service network
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
An army recruit at Fort Dix mysteriously died and four fellow soldiers were hospitalized; health officials announced that "swine flu" was the cause
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
But first he had to counter a challenge for the Republican party nomination
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“had a bitter hatred of Mr. Nixon. And anything that made him look better they resented, and in my case, that was a vote against me.”
- #wikipedia
- #quote
- #trusted-source
- #www.npr.org
Additionally, an incident in April 1976, when Ford bit into a still shuck-wrapped tamale, a culinary faux pas, made national news and contributed to the image of Ford as a chronic bumbler.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #public-image
Campaign: 1976 presidential election.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #election
- #campaign
1975· 8 entries
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, pointed a Colt
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Awarded Theodore Roosevelt Award (1975).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Publicly blaming the lack of support from the United States for the fall of his country
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“Opis: w 1975 roku próbowała zabić prezydenta, niecelnie strzelając w jego kierunku.”
- #wikiquote
- #saying
- #lang:pl
Creating the framework of the Helsinki Watch, an independent non-governmental organization created to monitor compliance which later evolved into Human Rights Watch
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Mayor Abraham Beame was unsuccessful in obtaining Ford's support for a federal bailout
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Rumsfeld was named by Ford as the youngest-ever United States Secretary of Defense
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford appointed John Paul Stevens as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace retiring Justice William O
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1974· 8 entries
Ford testified before Congress on the pardon
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford gave a speech in front of a joint session of Congress; as a part of this speech he kicked off the "WIN" campaign
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford issued Proclamation 4311, which gave Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford automatically assumed the presidency, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the White House
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Chief of Staff Alexander Haig contacted Ford to tell him to prepare for the presidency
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
They delayed their wedding until shortly before the election because, as The New York Times reported in a 1974 profile of Betty Ford, "Jerry Ford was running for Congress and wasn't sure how voters might feel about his marrying a divorced exdancer."
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #family
And then Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in late 1975
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Career landmark: President of the United States (1974–1977).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1973· 3 entries
Spiro Agnew resigned from the vice presidency
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Career landmark: United States representative (1973–1973).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1973–1974).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1972· 1 entry
The act established a revenue sharing program for state and local governments
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1971· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1971–1973).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1969· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1969–1971).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1967· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1967–1969).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1966· 1 entry
Criticism over the Johnson Administration's handling of the Vietnam War began to grow, with Ford and Congressional Republicans expressing concern that the United States was not doing what was necessary to win the war
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1965· 2 entries
Published Portrait of the Assassin, co-written with John R
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Career landmark: United States representative (1965–1967).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1964· 1 entry
Lyndon Johnson led a landslide victory for his party, secured another term as president and took 36 seats from Republicans in the House of Representatives
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1963· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1963–1965).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1961· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1961–1963).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1959· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1959–1961).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1957· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1957–1959).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1955–1957).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1953· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1953–1955).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1951–1953).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1949· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1949–1951).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
Career landmark: United States representative (1949–1973).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #milestone
1948· 2 entries
From Michigan's 5th congressional district
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Ford visited voters at their doorsteps and as they left the factories where they worked
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1947· 2 entries
Ford was briefly hired as a business manager for the Grand Rapids Rangers in the short-lived Professional Basketball League of America next to head coach Stan Szukala
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
“and of course our congressman at that time was an avowed, dedicated isolationist. And I thought he ought to be replaced. Nobody thought I could win. I ended up winning two to one.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
1946· 1 entry
Became active in local Republican politics, and supporters urged him to challenge Bartel J
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1943· 2 entries
Until the end of December 1944, Ford served as the assistant navigator, Athletic Officer, and antiaircraft battery officer on board the Monterey
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
The carrier helped secure Makin Island in the Gilberts, and participated in carrier strikes against Kavieng, Papua New Guinea in 1943
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1941· 3 entries
And was admitted to the Michigan bar shortly thereafter
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
The two "maintained a sporadic contact" until Leslie King Sr.'s death in 1941.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #family
Studied at Yale Law School (1941).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #education
1936· 1 entry
Ford worked as a seasonal park ranger at Yellowstone National Park's Canyon Station
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1935· 2 entries
Studied at University of Michigan (1935).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #education
With a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1934· 1 entry
Ford was selected for the Eastern Team in the Shriners' East–West Shrine Game at San Francisco (a benefit for physically disabled children), played on January 1, 1935
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1930· 1 entry
Was selected to the All-City team of the Grand Rapids City League
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1927· 1 entry
Awarded Eagle Scout presented by Scouting America in Grand Rapids (1927).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1921· 1 entry
Ford had three younger half-siblings from the second marriage of his biological father, Leslie King Sr.; Marjorie King (1921–1993); Leslie Henry King (1923–1976); and Patricia Jane King (1925–1980).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #family
1917· 1 entry
Gardner married Gerald Rudolff Ford, a salesman in a family-owned paint and varnish company
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1913· 2 entries
At 3202 Woolworth Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, where his parents lived with his paternal grandparents
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Born 1913-07-14.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth