"They flew over together," says Carter historian Douglas Brinkley. "And Nixon had to break the ice. There was frostiness between Ford and Carter. And it was Richard Nixon who was the jovial one ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The second person to eulogize former President Jimmy Carter was Steve Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford. Gerald Ford was president before Carter, having taken ...
Former President Gerald R. Ford also attended the funeral, as did Clinton and Carter. Former President Richard M. Nixon’s funeral on April 27, 1994, was the first for a U.S. head of state since ...
Ford, who had offered a preemptive pardon to former president Richard M. Nixon after Nixon resigned, was defeated by Carter, who had pledged to restore integrity to the White House after the ...
Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals. By Peter Baker Peter Baker ...
If anything defined President Carter, it was his basic decency and morality. Elected in 1976 in the aftermath of Watergate and Gerald Ford's controversial pardon of Richard Nixon, Carter believed ...
From left are President George H.W. Bush and former Presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Richard Nixon. “This is probably one of my better-known photographs,” Kennerly said. “It's the first ...
Carter was critical of Ford for pardoning Richard Nixon and scored more in their three debates, especially when Ford inexplicably insisted there was no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. World ...
Gerald Ford was president before Carter, having taken office after the impeachment and resignation of Richard Nixon. Ford lost the 1976 presidential election to Carter, but the two eventually ...