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Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Gerald R. Ford stepped into the American presidency during a constitutional crisis that many believed was the country's worst since the Civil War through his controversial pardon of Nixon, the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam
"I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances."
Federal grand jury indictments against Watergate conspirators. Articles of impeachment drafted and passed by the House
US vs. Nixon the court rejected Richard Nixon’s claim to an absolute unqualified privilege against any judicial process
Nixon resigns as President. Ford sworn in as President and names former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President
Ford pardons Nixon - U.S. economy shows signs of weakness as inflation begins to climb.
The Mayagüez incident involving the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia on May 12-15, 1975, marked the last official battle of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
The United States celebrates its bicentennial with pomp and circumstance
Ford survives a challenge for the Republican nomination by former actor and leading Republican conservative, Ronald Reagan
Candidate Party Electoral Votes Popular Votes
Jimmy Carter Democratic 297 40,825,839
Gerald R. Ford (I) Republican 240 39,147,770
The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. It pitted incumbent President Gerald Ford, the Republican candidate, against the relatively unknown former governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the Democratic candidate. Ford was saddled with a slow economy and paid a political price for his pardon of Nixon. Carter ran as a Washington outsider and reformer and won a narrow victory.
Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter is nominated by the Democrats and campaigns as an "outsider" favoring a foreign policy based upon the Helsinki Agreement on human rights
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