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Imperfect men w/mixed legacies ALL said & did stuff. ❀s/RTs, and all content (Washington-Biden) for fun/historic purposes only! || NO POLITICS πŸ˜€#POTUS πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Jul 14, 2022, 8 tweets

Happy Birthday Gerald Ford πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ!
Born #OTD 1913.

Ford's birth name was actually Leslie Lynch King, Jr.

Gerald Ford πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ is the only Vice President and President to not be elected to either position
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Young Gerald Ford πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, ladies and gentlemen.

For those of you whose parents cut your hair at home as a kid to "save money"....
....you too can grow up to become President.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ asked future POTUS Gerald Ford πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ to be on the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
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Gerald Ford's πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ poll numbers dropped dramatically when he pardoned Richard Nixon πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Interestingly, an ABC News poll taken in 2002 in connection with the 30th anniversary of the Watergate break-in found that six in 10 Americans said the pardon was the right thing to do
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Gerald Ford πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ and his wife Betty Ford appeared in a 1983 episode of the soap opera "Dynasty" playing themselves.
They were paid $330 each (the industry standard) for their minor contribution.
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HOMETOWN HERO
Presidents and the newspapers in their home state.

Gerald Ford πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (1974)
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Early during Gerald Ford’s πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Presidency, on Christmas Day 1974, a man claiming to be the messiah crashed a Chevrolet Impala through the Northwest Gate and drove up to the North Portico.

He got out with flares strapped to his body but eventually surrendered.

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The Green Bay @packers attempted to sign future President Gerald Ford πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ out of the University of @UMichFootball but Ford opted to pursue higher education instead
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