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President Gerald Ford
Becoming President
• -Became vice-president in 1973 when Agnew
resigned: Nixon chose him as was the
provision under the 25th Amendment:
• “Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of
the Vice President, the President shall
nominate a Vice President who shall take
office upon confirmation by a majority vote of
both Houses of Congress”.
Becoming President
• -Took office on August 9, 1974 when Nixon
resigned
• He took office of president under terms of the
25th Amendment
• “In case of the removal of the President from
office or of his death or resignation, the Vice
President shall become President.”
• -He was the first president to succeed a president
who had resigned
• -His vice-president was Nelson Rockefeller
Administration Issues
• Issues Ford faced when assuming the
presidency:
• -massive inflation
• -having to revive an economy in a recession
• -having to solve chronic energy shortages
• -unemployment was at 9%
• -keeping the world at peace
Administration Issues
• -interest rates for borrowing money to buy many
expensive items rose to about 18%
• -Energy Research and Development
Administration was created to oversee fuel use
• -oil prices rose because gas stations had so little
fuel available
• -Ford decided that it was most important to
freeze government spending to solve the
economic issues: in other words, little
government intervention
Ford’s goals:
• 1) curb inflation
• 2) stimulate the economy
• 3) vetoed many appropriations bills designed
to create domestic programs: vetoed 39 of
these measures in his first 14 months in office!
• reduced taxes on business by $16 billion to
help them operate more freely
Ford? Uh, no…
What to do with Nixon
• -The issue of what to do
with Nixon and
Watergate was a huge
distraction
• it was becoming clear
that Nixon was going to
be guilty of knowing
about the break-in
What to do with Nixon
• Ford decided to pardon Nixon due to the fact that
he wanted the event to end the controversy of
Watergate
• “a full, free and absolute pardon” to Nixon “for all
offenses against the United States in which
he…has committed or may have committed or
taken part in” while he was president.
• -this was not received very well by the general
public
Vietnam and other areas
• Ford claimed amnesty for Vietnam War
resisters
• -those who chose amnesty were required to
serve two years of civilian service of some
type
• -not many chose to participate
• -Ford wanted to maintain US power and
prestige after the collapse of Cambodia and
South Vietnam
Vietnam and other areas
• Cambodia fell in April 1975; in early May the
new gov’t seized an American ship as a
challenge to American resolve
• -Ford ordered a limited Marine and air action
to retrieve the ship and the crew
• -Ford was applauded for this action, though
41 lives were lost trying to save the 39-
member crew
Vietnam and other areas
• -Ford also wanted to prevent a war in the
Middle East
• gave aid to Israel and Egypt; and persuaded
both to accept an interim truce to keep the
peace at least temporarily
• -the issue was that if there was conflict here,
petroleum supplies would be cut off to the
rest of the world
Vietnam and other areas
• -détente with the Soviets continued as Ford
and Brezhnev set limitations on nuclear
weapons
• -also with China and Middle East
• -fall of Saigon during his presidency
• -more than 100,000 Vietnamese refugees
resettled in the US
Defeat in 1976
• Ford was nominated in 1976 Republican
campaign; lost to Carter
• Ultimately, the poor economy and pardoning
of Nixon led to his defeat
Election of 1976

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President Ford

  • 2. Becoming President • -Became vice-president in 1973 when Agnew resigned: Nixon chose him as was the provision under the 25th Amendment: • “Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress”.
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  • 4. Becoming President • -Took office on August 9, 1974 when Nixon resigned • He took office of president under terms of the 25th Amendment • “In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.” • -He was the first president to succeed a president who had resigned • -His vice-president was Nelson Rockefeller
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  • 6. Administration Issues • Issues Ford faced when assuming the presidency: • -massive inflation • -having to revive an economy in a recession • -having to solve chronic energy shortages • -unemployment was at 9% • -keeping the world at peace
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  • 8. Administration Issues • -interest rates for borrowing money to buy many expensive items rose to about 18% • -Energy Research and Development Administration was created to oversee fuel use • -oil prices rose because gas stations had so little fuel available • -Ford decided that it was most important to freeze government spending to solve the economic issues: in other words, little government intervention
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  • 10. Ford’s goals: • 1) curb inflation • 2) stimulate the economy • 3) vetoed many appropriations bills designed to create domestic programs: vetoed 39 of these measures in his first 14 months in office! • reduced taxes on business by $16 billion to help them operate more freely
  • 12. What to do with Nixon • -The issue of what to do with Nixon and Watergate was a huge distraction • it was becoming clear that Nixon was going to be guilty of knowing about the break-in
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  • 14. What to do with Nixon • Ford decided to pardon Nixon due to the fact that he wanted the event to end the controversy of Watergate • “a full, free and absolute pardon” to Nixon “for all offenses against the United States in which he…has committed or may have committed or taken part in” while he was president. • -this was not received very well by the general public
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  • 16. Vietnam and other areas • Ford claimed amnesty for Vietnam War resisters • -those who chose amnesty were required to serve two years of civilian service of some type • -not many chose to participate • -Ford wanted to maintain US power and prestige after the collapse of Cambodia and South Vietnam
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  • 18. Vietnam and other areas • Cambodia fell in April 1975; in early May the new gov’t seized an American ship as a challenge to American resolve • -Ford ordered a limited Marine and air action to retrieve the ship and the crew • -Ford was applauded for this action, though 41 lives were lost trying to save the 39- member crew
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  • 20. Vietnam and other areas • -Ford also wanted to prevent a war in the Middle East • gave aid to Israel and Egypt; and persuaded both to accept an interim truce to keep the peace at least temporarily • -the issue was that if there was conflict here, petroleum supplies would be cut off to the rest of the world
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  • 22. Vietnam and other areas • -détente with the Soviets continued as Ford and Brezhnev set limitations on nuclear weapons • -also with China and Middle East • -fall of Saigon during his presidency • -more than 100,000 Vietnamese refugees resettled in the US
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  • 24. Defeat in 1976 • Ford was nominated in 1976 Republican campaign; lost to Carter • Ultimately, the poor economy and pardoning of Nixon led to his defeat
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