Gerald Ford became the 38th president of the United States following Richard Nixon’s resignation, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal

• Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Before his accession to the presidency, Ford served as the 40th vice president of the United States from December 1973 to August 1974.
• Born: July 14, 1913, Omaha, NE
• Died: December 26, 2006, Rancho Mirage, CA
• Full name: Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
• Presidential term: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
• Vice president: Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977)
• Party: Republican Party
• Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Before his accession to the presidency, Ford served as the 40th vice president of the United States from December 1973 to August 1974.
• Born: July 14, 1913, Omaha, NE
• Died: December 26, 2006, Rancho Mirage, CA
• Full name: Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
• Presidential term: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
• Vice president: Nelson Rockefeller (1974–1977)
• Party: Republican Party
• Following the resignation of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford being sworn in by Warren Burger, was the first man to ascend to the presidency without being elected to either the offices of the president or vice president.
• First president born in Nebraska.
• First president from Michigan.
• First president to ascend to the presidency by the resignation of his predecessor.
• First president to ascend to the presidency without being elected to either the offices of the president or vice president.
• First president to have been appointed as vice president. (He was appointed vice president in 1973 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Spiro Agnew. He succeeded President Richard Nixon in 1974, following the resignation of Nixon).
• First president to succeed to the office under the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which codified the previously established precedent of the vice president succeeding to the presidency.
• First president to be an Eagle Scout
• First president to receive the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
• First president to visit Japan and Finland while in office.
• First president to pardon another president (Richard Nixon). The pardon of Richard Nixon in 1974, gave Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president.
• First president to release a full report of his medical checkup to the public.
• First president to serve as House minority leader, having served in that office from 1965–1973.
• First president to serve as Republican conference chairman of the United States House of Representatives.
• First president to be under consideration for the vice presidency after leaving office (in 1980 by Ronald Reagan