Gerald Ford
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he served as the 40th vice
Official portrait, 1974
Ford (then Leslie Lynch King Jr.) at age three in 1916
Ford as a center on the University of Michigan Wolverines football team, 1933
The Gunnery officers of USS Monterey, 1943. Ford is second from the right, in the front row.
Jimmy Carter
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James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as the 76th g
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…presidential primary, he narrowly defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but narrowly lost the general election to the Democratic candidate, Jimmy Carter. Ford remains the only person to serve as president without winning a presidential election for president or vice president. After leaving office in…
Official portrait, 1977
The Carter family store, part of Carter's Boyhood Farm, in Plains, Georgia
Carter in 1932; at age 7
Carter with Rosalynn Smith and his mother at his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, June 5, 1946