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Gerald Ford

1913 - 2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( JERR-əld; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973, and as the 40th vice president under President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerald Ford has received more than 26,311,264 page views. His biography is available in 140 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 133 in 2019). Gerald Ford is the 311th most popular politician (up from 361st in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from United States (up from 109th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Politician.

Gerald Ford was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, following the resignation of Spiro Agnew.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gerald Ford ranks 311 out of 19,576. Before him are Solon, Ahmed II, Helmut Kohl, Alfred the Great, George VI, and Beatrix of the Netherlands. After him are Louis XII of France, Croesus, Djoser, Alexander Dubček, Turhan Hatice Sultan, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Gerald Ford ranks 3. Before him are Richard Nixon, and Albert Camus. After him are Vivien Leigh, Menachem Begin, Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Josef Bican, Claude Simon, and Jesse Owens. Among people deceased in 2006, Gerald Ford ranks 5. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Augusto Pinochet, Ferenc Puskás, and Slobodan Milošević. After him are Naguib Mahfouz, Milton Friedman, Stanisław Lem, James Brown, Philippe Noiret, Syd Barrett, and Oriana Fallaci.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerald Ford ranks 95 out of 20,380. Before him are Tina Turner (1939), Louis Armstrong (1901), Samuel Morse (1791), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Jeff Bezos (1964), and Vince McMahon (1945). After him are John Jay (1745), Harrison Ford (1942), Warren Buffett (1930), Bob Dylan (1941), Crazy Horse (1840), and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Gerald Ford ranks 28. Before him are Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), George W. Bush (1946), George H. W. Bush (1924), Bill Clinton (1946), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), and Woodrow Wilson (1856). After him are Crazy Horse (1840), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), Barack Obama (1961), John Adams (1735), and James Monroe (1758).

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