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'''Gerald Rudolph Ford''' '''(1913 - 2006)'''was the 38th President of the [[United States]], serving from 1974 to January 1977. He was the only American president who was not elected to the position and was not elected Vice-President. A [[Republican]], Ford also served as U.S. Representative, 1948-73, and was the House Minority Leader in 1964. He major decision was to pardon former President [[Richard Nixon]] of any crimes for the good of the nation. Nixon had appointed Ford to become Vice President and ultimately succeed Nixon.
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Thirty-eighth President of the United States
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|Born
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|Died
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|1974-1977
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'''Gerald Rudolph Ford''' was the 38th President of the [[United States]], serving from 1974 to January 1977. He was the only American president who was not elected to the position and was not elected Vice-President. A [[Republican]], Ford also served as U.S. Representative, 1948-73, and was the House Minority Leader in 1964. He major decision was to pardon former President [[Richard Nixon]] of any crimes for the good of the nation. Nixon had appointed Ford to become Vice President and ultimately succeed Nixon.
Ford was born in Omaha, [[Nebraska]], but did not live there long, as his mother fled with Gerald within a month due to domestic abuse. He was raised in [[Michigan]], and attended the University of Michigan, where he was a football star. After this, he attended graduate school at Yale, then served in the Navy during [[World War II]]. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html</ref>
Ford was born in Omaha, [[Nebraska]], but did not live there long, as his mother fled with Gerald within a month due to domestic abuse. He was raised in [[Michigan]], and attended the University of Michigan, where he was a football star. After this, he attended graduate school at Yale, then served in the Navy during [[World War II]]. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html</ref>