Gerald Ford Biography and Timeline

House of Representatives

Appointed Member of House of Representatives

Role range: 1945-1953 – 1949-1973

Warren Commission

Appointed member of the Warren Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Nuclear Power

The Agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union on the Prevention of Nuclear War enters into force, the major policy objectives are "to remove the danger of nuclear war and the use of nuclear weapons"

Role range: 1973-1975

Vice President

Appointed Vice President following the resignation of Spiro Agnew

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1973-1974

Watergate

Nixon receives a "full, complete & absolute pardon" from Gerald Ford

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1973-1975

Watergate

Nixon receives a "full, complete & absolute pardon" from Gerald Ford

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1973-1975

Inauguration

Immediately sworn in after Nixons resignation

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1974-1976

President of USA

Appointed President of the USA, 38th President

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1974-1976

Clemency Program

Announces conditional clemency for Vietnam-era draft evaders and military deserters

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1974-1977

Nuclear Power

A simulated missile attack accidentally fed into the American early warning system fools operators, during the six minutes it takes to discover that the attack is not authentic, fighters from bases in the United States and Canada take off

Role range: 1974-1976

SALT

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1974-1976

Vladivostok Accord

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1974-1976

Nuclear Power

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

Role range: 1974-1976

Space Registration Convention Approved

The General Assembly adopted the Registration Convention to develop international identification arrangements for objects launched into space.

Vietnam Aid Appeal

Asks Congress for emergency aid for South Vietnam

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1974-1977

Invasion of Kampuchea

The American Ambassador & his staff are evacuated by helicopter from Phnom Penh

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1973-1975

Invasion of Vietnam

Speaking in New Orleans says that the war is "finished"

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1973-1975

US Involvement

Faces the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1974-1977

Apollo-Soyuz Call

Speaks with the Apollo-Soyuz crews after docking.

Role range: 1974-1977

Conference of Security & Co-operation

The Treaty of Helsinki establishes the Conference on Security & Co-operation in Europe

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1974-1976

Declaration of Helsinki

The Declaration covers human rights

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1974-1976

Politics

The Declaration covers human rights

Role range: 1968-1974 – 1974-1976

Uranium Enrichment Policy

Reviews private and federal uranium-enrichment policy.

Role range: 1974-1977

Nuclear Export Policy

Restricts reprocessing and sensitive nuclear exports.

Role range: 1974-1977

Election

Gerald Ford wins 48% of the popular vote & 247 electoral college votes