Timeline of the Gerald Ford presidency

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Gerald Ford

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* Early life
* Electoral history

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Pre-vice presidency

* Military service

* U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th

* Warren Commission

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40th Vice President of the United States

* Confirmation
* Tenure
* Resignation of Richard Nixon

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38th President of the United States

* Presidency
* Timeline
* Inauguration

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Policies

* Environmental
* Foreign
* International trips
* Pardons

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Appointments

* Cabinet
* Judiciary

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Tenure

* Pardon of Richard Nixon

* Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974

* Education for All Handicapped Children Act

* Assassination attempts
* Sacramento
* San Francisco

* Timeline
* '74
* '75
* '76–77

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Presidential campaign

* 1976
* Primaries
* Convention
* Debates
* Election

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Post-presidency

* Presidential Library
* Activities
* AEI World Forum
* Death and state funeral

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Gerald Ford, a Republican from Michigan, was inaugurated as the nation's 38th president on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, and ended on January 20, 1977. The following articles cover the timeline of Ford's presidency:

* Presidency: 1974–1977
* Timeline of the Gerald Ford presidency (1974)
* Timeline of the Gerald Ford presidency (1975)
* Timeline of the Gerald Ford presidency (1976–1977)
* Post-presidency of Gerald Ford: 1977–2006

## See also[edit]

* Timeline of the Richard Nixon presidency, for his predecessor
* Timeline of the Jimmy Carter presidency, for his successor

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Gerald Ford

* 38th President of the United States (1974–1977)
* 40th Vice President of the United States (1973–1974)
* U.S. Representative for MI–5 (1949–1973)

Presidency
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* Inauguration
* Wilson desk
* Assassination attempts
* Sacramento
* San Francisco
* State of the Union Addresses (1975
* 1976)
* Judicial appointments
* Supreme Court candidates
* controversies
* Executive Orders
* Presidential Proclamations
* Nixon pardon
* Halloween Massacre
* Carter transition

| Foreign policy|

* International trips
* Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control
* Helsinki Accords
* National Security Study Memorandum 200

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Economic policy|

* Energy Reorganization Act of 1974
* Nuclear Regulatory Commission
* Energy Policy and Conservation Act
* CAFE standards
* Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products
* Strategic Petroleum Reserve
* Fair Credit Billing Act
* Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974
* Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula
* National Mass Transportation Assistance Act
* CFTC Act of 1974
* Commodity Futures Trading Commission
* Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
* ERISA
* Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
* Net capital rule
* NRSROs
* Trade Act of 1974
* Securities Acts Amendments of 1975
* Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
* Tax Reduction Act of 1975
* Tax Reform Act of 1976
* Whip inflation now

Environmental
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* Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974
* Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
* Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
* Safe Drinking Water Act
* Maximum contaminant level
* Magnuson–Stevens Act
* Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
* Water Resources Development Act of 1976

Social policy|

* Cannabis policy
* Equal Credit Opportunity Act
* Education for All Handicapped Children Act
* Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974 and 1976
* Federal Election Commission
* Rockefeller Commission
* Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975

Life|

* Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Gardens
* President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home
* Gerald R. Ford Jr. House
* Warren Commission
* Confirmation as Vice President
* Post-presidency
* Continuity of Government Commission
* AEI World Forum
* Death and state funeral
* Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
* Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

Elections|

* United States House of Representatives elections
* 1948
* 1950
* 1952
* 1954
* 1956
* 1958
* 1960
* 1962
* 1964
* 1966
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1976 presidential election
* Republican Party presidential primaries
* 1976
* 1980
* 1976 Republican National Convention
* 1976
* 1980

Cultural
depictions|

* The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
* Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (1978)
* Dynasty (1981)
* The Betty Ford Story (1987)
* Assassins (1990)
* "Two Bad Neighbors" (1996)
* Saturday Night Live parodies
* The X-Presidents (1997)
* Presidential Reunion (2010)
* The Political Machine (2004)
* The Butler (2013)
* The First Lady (2022)

Legacy|

* Gerald R. Ford International Airport
* Gerald R. Ford Award
* Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
* Ford House Office Building
* USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
* Gerald R. Ford Freeway
* U.S. Postage stamps
* Statue

Family|

* Charles Henry King (grandfather)
* Leslie Lynch King Sr. (father)
* Dorothy Gardner Ford (mother)
* Gerald Rudolff Ford (stepfather)
* Thomas Gardner Ford (half-brother)
* Betty Ford (wife)
* Michael Gerald Ford (son)
* John Gardner Ford (son)
* Steven Meigs Ford (son)
* Susan Ford Bales (daughter)
* Liberty (family dog)

* ← Richard Nixon
* Jimmy Carter →

* ← Spiro Agnew
* Nelson Rockefeller →

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Presidents of the United States

Presidents and
presidencies|

1. George Washington (1789–1797)
2. John Adams (1797–1801)
3. Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)
4. James Madison (1809–1817)
5. James Monroe (1817–1825)
6. John Quincy Adams (1825–1829)
7. Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)
8. Martin Van Buren (1837–1841)
9. William Henry Harrison (1841)
10. John Tyler (1841–1845)
11. James K. Polk (1845–1849)
12. Zachary Taylor (1849–1850)
13. Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)
14. Franklin Pierce (1853–1857)
15. James Buchanan (1857–1861)
16. Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865)
17. Andrew Johnson (1865–1869)
18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877)
19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881)
20. James A. Garfield (1881)
21. Chester A. Arthur (1881–1885)
22. Grover Cleveland (1885–1889)
23. Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893)
24. Grover Cleveland (1893–1897)
25. William McKinley (1897–1901)
26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909)
27. William Howard Taft (1909–1913)
28. Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921)
29. Warren G. Harding (1921–1923)
30. Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)
31. Herbert Hoover (1929–1933)
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945)
33. Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
35. John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
37. Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
38. Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
39. Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
40. Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
41. George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
42. Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
43. George W. Bush (2001–2009)
44. Barack Obama (2009–2017)
45. Donald Trump (2017–2021)
46. Joe Biden (2021–present)

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