Born under the name Leslie Lynch King Jr on July 14th 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska,

Gerald Rudolph Ford changed his name after his mother remarried. He learned about his real

father when he was 12 years old and met him a few times.

In high school, Gerald was the star of the football team and excelled in athletic skills

which helped him obtain a athletic scholarship at the University of Michigan where he studied

economics and graduated in 1935. From there, Gerald studied law at Yale University where he

graduated in 1941. During that time, Ford enlisted in the navy and was an aircraft carrier.

After the war, Gerald was active in politics in 1948 when he was elected to the house of

representatives where he worked for twenty five years. …show more content…
Nixon attempted to cover up his involvement in the act. The scandal led to the discovery of

multiple abuses of power by nixon. Although nixon was never arrested. The Watergate scandal

changed politics forever and made Americans question their leadership and think more critically

about the presidency.

Ford became president when Richard Nixon resigned due to to the Watergate scandal. Gerald

was only vice preisent for 8 months, Nixon resigned rather than facing impeachment. President

richard nixon resinged on august 9 1974, after that Ford became president.

Ford assured the American people that things would get better

Just one month after ford assumed posistion as president, Ford granted past president Richard

Nixon a full,free, and absolute pardon on September 8th 1974. This saved Nixon from probable

criminal prosicution for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. His decision to pardon

Richard Nixon caused a lot of controversy and many people believed that his presidency was an

arranged deal. But Gerald insisted that the pardon was the beginning of the healing.

This one stroke destroyed Ford’s credibility of presidency, According to a Gallup