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Presidential Succession

United States of America · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1974

Gerald Rudolph Ford9 August 1974

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Is sworn in as president after Nixon's resignation and declares that the long national nightmare is over.

Names involved

Gerald Rudolph Ford

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