Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Biography:
"Representative from Michigan, Vice President, and thirty-eighth President of the United States; born in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebr., July 14, 1913; moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., 1914 and attended the public schools; graduated, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1935; graduated from Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1941; admitted to the bar in 1941; served in the United States Navy 1942-1946; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first Congress; reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his resignation from the United States House of Representatives December 6, 1973, to become the fortieth Vice President of the United States; minority leader (Eighty-ninth through Ninety-third Congresses); first Vice President to be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Congress pursuant to the twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; sworn in as the thirty-eighth President of the United States, August 9, 1974, when President Richard M. Nixon resigned, and served until January 20, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1976; died on December 26, 2006, in Rancho Mirage, Calif.; lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, December 30, 2006, to January 2, 2007; interment at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and Library, Grand Rapids, Mich."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
- Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (Thurgood Marshall Law Library (University of Maryland School of Law))
- Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Eastland and other entering House Chambers for swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland and other entering House Chambers for swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland and others at White House Leadership Breakfast. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Eastland looking on as President Gerald Ford shakes hand with Mike Mansfield after the State of the Union address (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland seated with President Gerald Ford, Tip O'Neill, and others (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland shaking hands on the occasion of the visit of President Scheel (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland shaking hands with President Richard Nixon (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 4 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 5 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Eastland with President Gerald Ford, Senator Robert Byrd and others at a U.S. Capitol party, image 6 (Gelatin silver prints)
- President Gerald R. Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- President Gerald R. Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- President Gerald R. Ford shaking hands with Eastland (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of Bipartisan Leadership meeting with President Gerald Ford, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 10 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 4 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 5 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 6 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 7 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 8 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of President Gerald Ford addressing a Joint Session of Congress, image 9 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 10 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 4 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 5 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 6 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 7 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 8 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of swearing-in ceremony of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, image 9 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of the Bipartisan Leadership meeting in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room with President Gerald Ford, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of the Bipartisan Leadership meeting in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room with President Gerald Ford, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Series of photographs of the Bipartisan Leadership meeting in the White House Diplomatic Reception Room with President Gerald Ford, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing in of Gerald Ford as Vice President by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers (1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 1 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 10 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 2 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 3 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 4 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 5 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 6 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 7 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 8 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Swearing-in of Gerald Ford as Vice President in the House Chambers, image 9 (Gelatin silver prints)
- Vice President Nelson Rockefeller shaking hands with Eastland during a Joint Session of Congress (Gelatin silver prints)
- Walter H. "Skeet" Hunt holding two plates of shrimp in a group of unidentified men. (Black-and-white photographs)
- James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))