One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate.

May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed as a result of the operation. July 8, 1975 - Formally announces he will seek the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1976.

The late President Gerald Ford commemorated his friend and fellow President Jimmy Carter in a touching eulogy that was read at Carter’s funeral Thursday by Ford’s son.

Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.

He was adopted by his mother’s second husband, Gerald Ford ... nomination for president over Ronald Reagan. November 1, 1976 – Jimmy Carter defeats Ford in the presidential election.

In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political potency of the issue.

Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s ... Spencer lent his services to Gerald Ford, the incumbent president who denied Reagan the Republican nomination ...

Truman (we’ll come back to this later), Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush over the past several decades. Now comes President-elect Donald Trump ...

Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. Current President Joe Biden is to deliver the eulogy for his fellow Democrat, who served in the White House from 1977 to 1981. All four living ...

Donald Trump will be sworn in as president on January 20, 2025. What happens on Inauguration Day, who is invited, and who pays for it all?

Washington National Cathedral, situated just miles north of the White House, has been the site of several state funerals for former presidents, including Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. Carter is expected to be buried ...

It was St. Patrick's Day in 1976, and President Gerald Ford wanted to dance. He'd thrown a state dinner for Liam Cosgrave, the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland. He had fashion designer ...