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Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was our thirty-eighth president. Ford was born in Nebraska in 1913. He grew up in Michigan. Ford was a football star in college. He played at the University of Michigan. He worked for a year as the assistant football coach of Yale's football team. Then he went to law school at Yale. Ford served in Congress for twenty-five years. Ford was not elected president. He got the job in an unusual way. Ford became President Nixon's vice president. He was not elected to this job. Nixon's first vice president stepped down from office. His name was Spiro Agnew. Nixon nominated Ford as the new vice president. Congress approved Ford. They followed the steps given in the twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution. Less than a year later, Nixon stepped down as president. Nixon was accused of doing something wrong. Ford became the new president in 1974. It was the first time an appointed vice president became .....
