May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed as a result of the operation. July 8, 1975 - Formally announces he will seek the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1976.
One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate.
Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.
The late President Gerald Ford commemorated his friend and fellow President Jimmy Carter in a touching eulogy that was read at Carter’s funeral Thursday by Ford’s son.
He was adopted by his mother’s second husband, Gerald Ford ... nomination for president over Ronald Reagan. November 1, 1976 – Jimmy Carter defeats Ford in the presidential election.
In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political potency of the issue.
ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter and the man he beat for president, Gerald Ford ... mostly sidelined by the man who defeated him in 1980, Ronald Reagan, Carter was given several missions by Bush until ...
Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s ... Spencer lent his services to Gerald Ford, the incumbent president who denied Reagan the Republican nomination ...
Carter’s is its fifth presidential funeral, following those of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and George H.W. Bush. President Woodrow Wilson is buried within the cathedral.
Donald Trump told thousands of roaring supporters he would impose severe limits on immigration on his first day in office, vowing to swiftly fulfill the central promise of his presidential campaign at a rally on Sunday inside a packed Washington arena a day before he
Truman (we’ll come back to this later), Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush over the past several decades. Now comes President-elect Donald Trump ...
Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. Current President Joe Biden is to deliver the eulogy for his fellow Democrat, who served in the White House from 1977 to 1981. All four living ...