This clip shows a portion of the swearing-in ceremony of Gerald Ford as president of the United States, after the resignation of President Richard Nixon. This lesson explores the first 100 days of ...

On August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford—who had only been vice ... following Nixon’s resignation in the wake of Watergate. President Ford and First Lady Betty Ford walk Richard and Pat Nixon to ...

Ford’s nephew, Greg Ford, is scheduled to throw out the first pitch, and the first 1,000 attendees will receive a Gerald R. Ford bobblehead. But, history shows, Ford was no bobblehead politician.