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Who is Gerald Ford?

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Who is Gerald Ford?

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Gerald Ford is the 38th President of the United States and the only person to serve as both Vice President and President without having been elected to either position. Having been appointed to the Vice Presidency, Gerald Ford took office in August of 1974 in the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal when President Richard Nixon became the first President to ever resign. Ford served only the remainder of Nixon’s term, as he was defeated in the 1976 presidential election by Jimmy Carter. Gerald Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska 14 July, 1913. However, following his parent’s divorce when he was young, he later went by the name Gerald R. Ford, Jr. after his stepfather. Gerald Ford was a football star at the University of Michigan and studied law at Yale University. Married to the infamous Elizabeth Bloomer, the founder of the Betty Ford Clinic, Gerald Ford maintained an honest reputation and was popular during his career in Congress. Though Ford took over the Presidency