Shortly thereafter the new president, Gerald Ford, sought to reassure ... to lie to the FBI in an effort to thwart the Watergate investigation. Ford would later pardon Nixon of any criminal ...

In hindsight, Watergate and the controversy that followed ... raised two victory signs — and he was gone. President Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon a month later to his own political demise, and ...

Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

As Carter’s fundamental decency, intelligence, devotion to faith, commitment to public service at home and abroad, and generosity of spirit were celebrated by the eulogists, Trump was the elephant in ...

USS Gerald R. Ford The first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford is named after the 38th US president who office after then-President Richard Nixon resigned in the wake of the Watergate Scandal.

Jimmy Carter took the oath of office as the 39th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1977. I had been a legal adult ...

Carter, then the Democratic governor of Georgia who had worked as a peanut farmer, defeated Gerald Ford in the 1976 race, the first presidential election after Richard Nixon's resignation in August ...

Here’s a look at the life of Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States.PersonalBirth date: July 14, ...

Army major and presidential aide was in the room for key moments of Gerald Ford's presidency, including first lady Betty Ford ...