His pardon of Richard Nixon cost him national political approval. Gerald Ford inherited a presidency presiding over a much-troubled nation. The wounds of the Vietnam War had not yet begun to ...

Appointed Vice President by Richard M. Nixon after Spiro Agnew resigned due to scandal, Gerald R. Ford then became president upon Nixon’s resignation in 1974. Challenges: Gerald R. Ford’s Whip ...

As I read a few introductory pages of “Inside the President’s Team: Family, Service, and the Gerald Ford Presidency ... now understood that Ford pardoned Richard Nixon so a deeply divided ...

(WOOD) — Bells sounded in Grand Rapids just after noon Friday to mark 50 years since Gerald R ... vice president under President Richard Nixon in 1973. Ford stepped into the presidency when ...