He was adopted by his mother’s second husband, Gerald Ford, and his name was legally changed to Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. in 1935. The only person to serve as both president and vice president of ...

This was certainly true for Leslie Lynch King Jr. Of course, by the time he started his freshman year at Michigan in 1931, he had changed his name to Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. in honor of his ...

It was not in any beauty contest that he was defeated as House minority leader, despite the obvious differences between Indiana’s jowly Halleck, 64, and Michigan’s rugged Gerald Rudolph Ford ...

President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons. By Peter Baker The state funeral for Jimmy Carter at Washington National ...

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 ...