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“Jerry”

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Presidential Basics

• Full name: Gerald Rudolph Ford (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.)
• Years in office: 1974–1977
• Political party: Republican
• Vice president: Nelson Rockefeller
• Age at inauguration: 61
• Nicknames: “Jerry”

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Random Trivia

• Never elected: Gerald Ford is our only president to never be elected either president or vice president.

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Birth & Death

• Birthday: July 14, 1913
• Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska
• Death: December 26, 2006
• Place of death: Rancho Mirage, California
• Place of burial: Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Last words: Unknown

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Family

• Father: Leslie Lynch King (1886–1941); Wool merchant
• Stepfather: Gerald Rudolph Ford (1890–1962); President of Ford Paint and Varnish, Co.
• Mother: Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford (1892–1967)
• Wife: Elizabeth (Betty) Bloomer Warren (1918 – 2011)
• Marriage: October 15, 1948 in Michigan
• Kids: Four 
  • Michael Gerald (1950–)
  • John Gardner (1952–)
  • Steven Meigs (1956–)
  • Susan Elizabeth (1957–)
• Home: Rancho Mirage, California

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Other Facts

• Height: 6’
• Eye color: Blue
• Ancestry: English
• Religion: Episcopalian
• Born in a log cabin: No
• Owned enslaved people: No
• Freemason: Yes

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Education

• College degree: Yes
• College: University of Michigan (1935); Yale Law School (1941)

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Career

• Military Service: Yes
• Lawyer: Yes
• Assistant football coach, Yale University (1935–1941)
• Lawyer (1941–)
• Lieutenant Commander in U.S. Navy: World War II (1942–1945)
• Member of U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1973)
• House Minority Leader (1965–1973)
• Vice President: Nixon administration (1973–1974)
• President (1974–1977)
• Public Speaker
• Writer

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Writings

• A Time to Heal

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Election

• Gerald Ford was never elected president.

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Campaign Poster

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Links

• Miller Center
• White House
• Alexandria, Virginia Home

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