Political Party | Republican |
Term | August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977 (61-63) |
Vice President | Nelson Rockefeller |
Predecessor | Richard Nixon |
Successor | Jimmy Carter |
Term | December 6, 1973 - August 9, 1974 (60-61) |
President | Richard Nixon |
Predecessor | Spiro Agnew |
Successor | Nelson Rockefeller |
Full Name | Gerald Rudolph Ford |
Birth |
July 14, 1913 Omaha, Nebraska |
Father | Leslie Lynch King (1884-1941) |
Mother | Dorothy Ayer Gardner (1892-1967) |
Brothers |
Leslie Henry King (1923-1976, Paternal Half-Brother) Thomas Gardner Ford (1918-1995, Maternal Half-Brother) Richard Addison Ford (1924-, Maternal Half-Brother) James Francis Ford (1927-2001, Maternal Half-Brother) |
Sisters |
Marjorie King (1921-1993, Paternal Half-Sister) Patricia Jane King (1925-, Paternal Half-Sister) |
Alma Mater |
Yale Law School (J.D. 1941) University of Michigan (B.A. 1935) |
Military Services |
Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy 1942-1946 |
Occupation |
16th United States House Minority Leader (1965-1973) Representative from Michigan's 5th District (1949-1973) Lawyer |
Death |
December 26, 2006 Rancho Mirage, California (93 years) |
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren (1918-2011) |
Married October 15, 1948 (58 years) |
Michael Gerald Ford (m.1974 Gayle Brumbaugh) |
Born 1950 (65 years) |
John Gardner Ford (m.1989 Juliann Felando) |
Born 1952 (63 years) |
Steven Meigs Ford |
Born 1956 (59 years) |
Susan Elizabeth Ford Vance Bales (m.1979 Charles Vance) (m.1989 Vaden Bales) |
Born 1957 (58 years) |