Former Unelected Vice President Became an Unelected President as well?! Gerald Ford Timeline
By tangyoranges
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The day, month, and year Gerald Rudolph Ford(originally named Leslie Lynch King Jr.)was born. He was born in Omaha, Neb. -
Gerald's birth parents divorce, his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardener King Ford married Gerald Rudolff Ford. In 1917, Gerald Rudolff Ford adopts and renames him as Gerald Rudolff(Ford legally changes it to Rudolph later on) Ford Jr. -
On November 11th, 1927 Ford gets an Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scout Troop 15 -
Graduates from South High School, Grand Rapids, MI in June of 1931, in that same year, Ford received a scholarship to the University of Michigan. -
Ford graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor's Degree -
Admitted to Yale Law School. -
Ford graduated from Yale Law School with a Bachelor of Law degree. -
Ford enlisted as ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. -
Ford obtained the reserve rank of lt. commander and ten battle stars. -
Ford is elected to congress -
After Richard M. Nixon's vice president resigned, Nixon nominated Ford under the Twenty-fifth Amendment -
On the day Nixon resigned, Ford, unelected, becomes president. -
Ford grants a pardon Nixon for any crimes he did would go unpunished. -
In Tokyo, Japan Ford conferred with the prime minister and emperor of Japan, which made Ford the first to visit Japan in office and first to visit a foreign country without a vice president. -
Gerald Ford's vice president, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, is confirmed and sworn in as the 41st vice president. -
The tapes Nixon had during the Watergate Scandal are now ruled as government property. -
Ford signed the Tac Reduction of 1975, which cut $22.8 billion
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Ford addresses an energy policy to the U.S. -
Ford establishes the President Ford committee to run his1976 nomination in the presidential election. -
Ford officially announces that he'll run for president again in the 176 election. -
Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in San Francisco. -
Ronald Reagan challenges Ford for the Republican nomination for the election. -
Ford signs the Energy Conservation Act -
Ford gives his State of Union address. -
Ford defeats Reagan and is nominated for the presidential election 1976 -
Eggs are thrown at by a crowd while campaigning in New York City. -
Ford loses the presidential election of 1976 to Jimmy Carter -
Ford's term of office ended and he leaves the White House. -
Ford wrote a memoir called "A Time to Heal" -
The day, month, and year Gerald Rudolph Ford died. He died in Rancho Mirage, CA.
