American Presidents

A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits
March-December 1999
Gerald R. Ford
Inaugural Address

Gerald R. Ford

When President Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, Vice President Ford took the executive oath of office in the East Room of the White House. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger. Ford was one of five Presidents to never be inaugurated.


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