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He spent 25 years in the US House of Representatives and was appointed vice-president in 1973 after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. In 1974 he became president when Richard Nixon resigned, making him the only non-elected president in American history, but he was defeated in the 1976 election by Jimmy Carter.  
 
He spent 25 years in the US House of Representatives and was appointed vice-president in 1973 after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. In 1974 he became president when Richard Nixon resigned, making him the only non-elected president in American history, but he was defeated in the 1976 election by Jimmy Carter.  
  
He seldom saw his birth father after the divorce.
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He seldom saw his [[Birth Father|birth father]] after the divorce.
  
 
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Who's Who, 1997
 
Who's Who, 1997
 
Who's Who in America, 1996
 
Who's Who in America, 1996
Huckshorn, Robert J. "The American Presidency. Gerald Ford: Biography." [Includes portrait]. Available at: [http://publishing.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/38pford.html]
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Huckshorn, Robert J. "The American Presidency. Gerald Ford: Biography." [Includes portrait]. Available at: publishing.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/38pford.html
"Gerald R. Ford Biography." [Includes portraits]. Available at: [http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ford/grf/fordbiop.htm] and also at [without the portraits]: [http://sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/FordLibrary/General_Materials/ford-bio.html]
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"Gerald R. Ford Biography." [Includes portraits]. Available at: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ford/grf/fordbiop.htm and also at [without the portraits]: sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/FordLibrary/General_Materials/ford-bio.html
  
 
[[Category: Adoption Celebrities]]
 
[[Category: Adoption Celebrities]]

Latest revision as of 06:20, 28 February 2018

38th President of the United States
Source: Wikipedia.org.

Biography

1913-2006

Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. His parents separated a few weeks after he was born and were divorced when he was two. After his mother remarried he was adopted by his step-father, Gerald R. Ford, although his name was not legally changed until 1935.

He did not know that his step-father was not his biological father until 1930, when his father walked up to him without warning and introduced himself.

He spent 25 years in the US House of Representatives and was appointed vice-president in 1973 after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. In 1974 he became president when Richard Nixon resigned, making him the only non-elected president in American history, but he was defeated in the 1976 election by Jimmy Carter.

He seldom saw his birth father after the divorce.

References

Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97 Who's Who, 1997 Who's Who in America, 1996 Huckshorn, Robert J. "The American Presidency. Gerald Ford: Biography." [Includes portrait]. Available at: publishing.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/38pford.html "Gerald R. Ford Biography." [Includes portraits]. Available at: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ford/grf/fordbiop.htm and also at [without the portraits]: sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/FordLibrary/General_Materials/ford-bio.html