John Jacob Rhodes
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John Jacob Rhodes Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes served as a U.S. representative from Arizona for thirty years from 1953 to 1983. He was the minori
Rhodes in 1974
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
John Jacob Rhodes
…of the House Republican Policy Committee (1965 – 1973). Rhodes was elected by acclamation to be House Minority Leader on December 7, 1973, succeeding Gerald Ford when Ford became Vice President. However, House Republicans became unhappy with his strong but low-key leadership, and in 1979, he announced he would…
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.