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A Short Biography of Gerald Ford

Author Name:

Gerald Ford

Born As:

Leslie Lynch King, Jr.

Other Names:

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

Born:

14 Jul 1913

Died:

26 Dec 2006




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38th President of the United States of America - Republican 1974  1977                          
                          
Mother Dorothy Ayer Gardner
Father Leslie Lynch King, Sr. - one child Leslie Lynch King, Jr. - divorced
Dorothy Kingthen then married Gerald Rudolff Ford.
Leslie didn’t change his name officially until 1935.
Wife Elizabeth Bloomer Warren, four children -
Michael Gerald 1950
John Gardner 1952
Steven Meigs  1956
Susan Elizabeth 1957                          
38th President of the United States - August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977

40th Vice President of the United States - December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974

16th United States House of Representatives Minority Leader - January 3, 1965 – December 6, 1973

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 5th District - January 3, 1949 – December 6, 1973
                          
Ford was not aware of his biological parentage until he was 17.

Granted a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal - 1974.