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Official portrait of Gerald Ford

The Desk · Presidencies · 38th

Gerald Ford

Republican administration. Credits below cover Floor watchlist bills signed or vetoed in this term, plus curated Desk instruments, not every presidential action from the archive.

Birthday
Jul 14, 1913
Party
Republican
Term
Aug 9, 1974 – Jan 20, 1977
Vice president
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
All presidenciesActions for this administrationBioguideGerald R. Ford Presidential Library

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Term dates follow standard presidential succession chronology. Non-consecutive terms (Cleveland, Trump) appear as separate ordinals. Birthday and vice-president fields merge the unitedstates executive catalog (Bioguide when present). Library links come from NARA; Federal Register counts cover modern presidential documents only. Signed and vetoed credits come from The Floor watchlist by outcome date. Desk actions are editorial, not a full Federal Register dump.

In the news

Recent reporting that mentions Gerald Ford.

In the news

Recent reporting that mentions Gerald Ford.

  • Fox News·Nov 8, 2026

    Ford's Garage president shares how nostalgia fuels restaurant chain's success

  • Luxurylaunches·Nov 6, 2026

    Fifty years after Gerald Ford's visit, the Qatar-donated 747-8 was the first presidential aircraft to land at this Kansas airport, but the plush jumbo had to be parked outside on the tarmac as its 224-foot wingspan was twice the width of the hangar doors

  • Deseret News·Nov 5, 2026

    Opinion: Gerald Ford’s lesson for a Democratic Congress - recovery, not revenge

  • CP24·Nov 4, 2026

    Doug Ford says he was ‘doing cartwheels’ after Trump’s party suffered major losses in U.S. midterms

  • Buffalo News·Nov 3, 2026

    Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford in 1976 presidential election | From the archives

  • Britannica·Oct 15, 2026

    How Gerald Ford Led a Post-Watergate United States

  • Britannica·Oct 15, 2026

    Gerald Ford | Biography, Presidency, Foreign Policy, & Facts

  • Britannica·Oct 15, 2026

    Gerald Ford - Post-Presidency, Legacy, Pardons

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