Following the national nightmare of Watergate, Gerald Ford said, “Truth is the glue that holds ... Richard Norton Smith wrote ...

Born: July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska... Gerald Ford, who had never entered a national election, succeeded to both the vice presidency and the presidency without having received a single vote.

This clip shows a portion of the swearing-in ceremony of Gerald Ford as president of the United States, after the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This clip shows a portion of Gerald Ford's address to Congress three days into his presidency.

For more than two decades, I have taught at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. It is a homecoming of sorts; during college, I was a volunteer making phone calls ...