President Gerald Ford

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President Gerald Ford

Outline

I. Introduction

II. Early Life

III. Presidency

IV. Conclusion

V. Bibliography

Introduction

Ford may not be the most important president during his time, but he

did more than some presidents did for the people. One of them was raising

their spirits and hopes for the people to the government. He helped people

gain confidence in their president again after losing confidence with Nixon.

He set new records and started getting the United States on its feet again

after having a very hard time in the past. He started his presidency with

an oath on August 9, 1974 which he said - "Our long national nightmare is

over (4, page 422)" which started his presidency.

Early Life

Ford had a more interesting early life than he had during his

presidency. He was born in Omaha Nebraska on July 14, 1913. He wasn't

always called Gerald Ford, his original name was Leslie Lynch King Jr. His

parents were Leslie and Dorothy King. When his parents got divorced while

he was two, his mother married a man named Gerald R. Ford from whom he got

his most widely known name. Together, they moved to Grand Rapids Michigan

(1, Page 1). During his High School years, he was the most popular Senior

having been a great athlete and competing within 5 sports, his best being

Football. Being good at Football, he got a M.V.P, a scholarship to

Michigan with a Football scholarship and was offered a contract by the

Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. He finally took a job as

assistant Football coach at Yale.

While at Yale, he became interested in law and asked to take courses.

He was soon invited to learn law in the college and didn't gr...

... middle of paper ...

...cans were at this time.

Now

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. now spends the remaining years of his life in

California and is an active Republican Member. (4, Page 147)

Conclusion

As you have read in the above pages, Ford was an important man who has

changed history for the good. He might not of done much to make him as

famous as other presidents such as Kennedy, Reagan or Abe Lincoln,

but he did raise the spirits and sights of many millions of Americans for

the Good.

Bibliography

1. Prodigy "Ford, Gerald"

Grolier Encyclopedia

1992, pp. 1-3

2. Hartmann, Robert T.

Palace Politics

New York - Robert T. Hartmann Press

1980

3. Carter, Douglas

"Power in Washington"

Newsweek, November 21, 1966

pp. 29

4. Bumann, Joan and Patterson, John

40 President's Facts

Ohio, Willowsip Press

1981

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