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Gerald
Rudolph Ford - 40th Vice President
Party: Republican
Term: Dec 6, 1973 - Aug 9, 1974
Age at Inauguration: 60
Life Span: July 14, 1913
President:Richard Nixon |
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- Gerald Ford was appointed vice president
after the resignation of Spiro Agnew and became president upon
the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 President
Gerald Ford
- Ford was a college football star Football Presidents prompting Lyndon
Johnson to state, "He must have played without
a helmet"
- As a male model he appeared in Life
and Cosmopolitan magazines
- Ford was considered for the vice presidency
by Richard Nixon in 1968, but declined
- He served in the House for twenty-four
years and was elected minority leader in 1965
- After assuming the presidency he pardoned
former President Richard Nixon causing speculation of a deal
that had been struck before he was selected as vice president
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