 1913 - 2006 (93 years) Has 66 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Gerald Rudolph Ford |
| Prefix |
President |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Birth |
14 Jul 1913 |
Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States  |
| Christening |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
L7BZ-71C |
| Death |
26 Dec 2006 |
Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California, United States |
| Burial |
3 Jan 2007 |
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I90389 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Leslie Lynch King, b. 25 Jul 1881, Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska, United States d. 18 Feb 1941, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Dorothy Ayer Gardner, b. 27 Feb 1892, Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States d. 17 Sep 1967, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Sep 1912 |
Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Divorced |
1915 |
| Family ID |
F30001 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer, b. 8 Apr 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 8 Jul 2011, Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California, United States (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Oct 1948 |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F30005 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 14 Jul 1913 - Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States |
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 | Christening - - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
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| Marriage - 15 Oct 1948 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
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 | Death - 26 Dec 2006 - Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California, United States |
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 | Burial - 3 Jan 2007 - Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
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| Notes |
- 38th President of the United States.
He was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. who served as the 38th president of t h e United States from 1974 to 1977. Earlier, he served as the leader o f th e Republican Party in the House of Representatives, and then as th e 40t h vice president of the United States from 1973 to 1974. When Presi dent R ichard Nixon resigned in 1974, Ford succeeded to the presidency, b ut wa s defeated for election to a full term in 1976.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ford atte n ded the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the school's f oo tball team, winning two National Championships. Following his senior y ear , he turned down offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers , ins tead opting to go to Yale Law School. After the attack on Pearl Har bor, h e enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, serving from 1942 to 1946; h e lef t as a lieutenant commander. Ford began his political career in 194 9 as t he U.S. representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district . He ser ved in this capacity for 25 years, the final nine of them as th e House mi nority leader. In December 1973, two months after the resignat ion of Spir o Agnew, Ford became the first person appointed to the vice p residency un der the terms of the 25th Amendment. After the subsequent re signation o f President Nixon in August 1974, Ford immediately assumed th e presidency . To date, this was the last intra-term U.S. presidential su ccession.
As president, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, which marked a move towa r d détente in the Cold War. With the collapse of South Vietnam nine mont h s into his presidency, US involvement in the Vietnam War essentially en de d. Domestically, Ford presided over the worst economy in the four deca de s since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession d uri ng his tenure. In one of his most controversial acts, he granted a pr esid ential pardon to Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal . Dur ing Ford's presidency, foreign policy was characterized in procedur al ter ms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corres pondin g curb on the powers of the president. In the Republican president ial pri mary campaign of 1976, Ford defeated former California Governor R onald Re agan for the Republican nomination. He narrowly lost the preside ntial ele ction to the Democratic challenger, former Georgia Governor Jim my Carter . Surveys of historians and political scientists have ranked Fo rd as a be low-average president.
Following his years as president, Ford remained active in the Republic a n Party. His moderate views on various social issues increasingly put h i m at odds with conservative members of the party in the 1990s and earl y 2 000s. In retirement, Ford set aside the enmity he had felt towards Ca rte r following the 1976 election, and the two former presidents develop e d a close friendship. After experiencing a series of health problems , h e died at home on December 26, 2006.
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