Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th president of the United States of America; he lived from July 14, 1913 to December 26, 2006. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and the moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where he grew up. He served as the president from 1974 to 1977 and he was the 40th vice president serving from 1973 to 1974. Out of all of the presidents, Ford lived the longest to the age of 93 years and 165 days, but was in office for the shortest time, only 895 days of those who did not die.
Gerald Ford was the first vice president and president that was in office without being elected. As one of the things he did among others was to give a presidential pardon to the former president Richard Nixon for the Watergate incident. He was also the first one to be an Eagle Scout. During his presidency he also received the Scouter of the year award.
Ford had two assassination attempts made on him within the span of 17 days and all in the same state. The first one was in California on September 5, 1975 and the shooter never even had the chance to fire because she was intercepted. The second shooter was a bit smarter and hid in a crowd but thankfully he was a bad shot and ended up missing. However the bullet did ricochet off the wall and hit a nearby taxi driver, in the end they were both placed in life imprisonment.
I think that being an Eagle Scout must have really helped Ford in his presidency. I also think that even though he was president for a short time he made a huge impact on the United States of America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/geraldford
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