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History > USA > U.S. presidents > Gerald Ford 1913-2006
Thirty-Eighth president of the United States 1974-1977
Location: The Oval Office
Description: President Ford (C) chats with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld (L) and Rumsfeld’s assistant Richard Cheney (R) in the Oval Office.
Date: April 28, 1975
Photograph: White House Photograph Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library
Photographer: David Hume Kennerly
Image: A4256-04
Rights Information: Public Domain (No usage fees, no permission required).
Media Photo Kit - The White House Years http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/images/avproj/pop-ups/A4256-04.html http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/avproj/whitehouse-years-02.asp
Location: Peking, China
Description: President and Mrs. Ford, Vice Premier Deng Xiao Ping, and Deng’s interpreter have a cordial chat during an informal meeting in Peking, China.
Date: December 3, 1975.
Photograph: White House Photograph Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library
Photographer: David Hume Kennerly
Rights Information: Public Domain (No usage fees, no permission required).
Image: A7598-20A
Media Photo Kit - The White House Years http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/images/avproj/pop-ups/A7598-20A.html
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/avproj/whitehouse-years-03.asp
Location: The Oval Office
Description: President Ford (R) with George Harrison and Billy Preston (L) in the Oval Office.
Date: December 13, 1974
Photograph: White House Photograph Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library
Photographer: David Hume Kennerly
Image: A2428-14A
Rights Information: Public Domain (No usage fees, no permission required). Media Photo Kit - The White House Years http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/images/avproj/pop-ups/A2428-14A.html http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/avproj/whitehouse-years-01.asp
Gerald R. Ford 1913-2006
Gerald R. Ford (...) gently led the United States out of the tumultuous Watergate era but (...) lost his own bid for election after pardoning President Richard M. Nixon (...) Thrust by Mr. Nixon’s resignation into an office he had never sought, Mr. Ford occupied the White House for just 896 days.
But they were pivotal days of national introspection, involving America’s first definitive failure in a war and the first resignation of a president.
It was Mr. Ford’s uncommon virtue to have presided with a common touch. (...)
When he took the oath of office at a quickly arranged ceremony at noon on Aug. 9, 1974, the economy was in disarray, an energy shortage was worsening, allies were wondering how steadfast the United States might be as a partner and Mr. Nixon, having resigned the presidency rather than face impeachment for taking part in the Watergate cover-up, was flying to seclusion in San Clemente, Calif.
There was a collective sense of relief as Mr. Ford, in the most memorable line of his most noteworthy speech, declared that day, “Our long national nightmare is over.”
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