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President Ford Dies at Age 93

December 27, 2006 |

(Photo Credit: La Crosse Tribune)

A turbulent time. Barely losing to President Carter I wonder what would the last part of the 70’s been like if Ford had won. We will never now but here is a man who after great turmoil in the Whitehouse was thrust into the Presidency.

Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon’s scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected president in America’s history, has died, former first lady Betty Ford said Tuesday. He was 93.

“My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age,” Mrs. Ford said in a brief statement issued from her husband’s office in Rancho Mirage. “His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.”

He was the first President whoever served without having been elected either President or Vice-President.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913–December 26, 2006[1]) was the 38th President (1974–1977) and 40th Vice President of the United States (1973–1974). He was the first person appointed to the Vice-Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment; and, upon succession to the presidency, he became the only president in U.S. history to fill that office without having been elected either President or Vice-President. He was also the longest-lived United States president, having surpassed Ronald Reagan’s record on November 12, 2006.


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