Gerald Ford administration

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United States presidential administration presidential administration

The Gerald Ford administration was the U.S. presidency from 1974 to 1977 marked by efforts to restore trust and stability after the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War.

Aliases (2)

Ford administration ×2
Presidency of Gerald Ford ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential administration → presidential administration →
cabinetMember	Dick Cheney → Donald Rumsfeld → Earl Butz → Edward Levi → Henry Kissinger → James Schlesinger → Nelson Rockefeller → Rogers Morton → William Simon →
country	United States →
domesticPolicyAction	veto use to limit federal spending →
domesticPolicyFocus	economic stabilization → inflation control →
domesticPolicyProgram	WIN (Whip Inflation Now) →
electionOutcome	Gerald Ford lost 1976 presidential election to Jimmy Carter →
endTime	1977-01-20 →
followedBy	Jimmy Carter administration →
foreignPolicyDoctrine	détente with the Soviet Union →
foreignPolicyEvent	Helsinki Final Act signing → continuation of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks →
headOfGovernment	Gerald Ford →
headOfState	Gerald Ford →
judicialAppointment	John Paul Stevens →
judicialAppointmentType	Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court →
keyIssue	Cold War relations → energy policy → post-Watergate trust in government → unemployment →
legislativeBody	United States Congress →
legislatureLowerHouse	United States House of Representatives →
legislatureUpperHouse	United States Senate →
majorEvent	1975 recession in the United States → 1976 United States bicentennial → 1976 United States presidential election → Fall of Saigon → Helsinki Accords → Mayaguez incident → New York City fiscal crisis → end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam War → pardon of Richard Nixon →
notableSpeech	1974 address announcing pardon of Richard Nixon → 1975 State of the Union Address →
politicalParty	Republican Party →
precededBy	Richard Nixon administration →
startTime	1974-08-09 →
vicePresident	Nelson Rockefeller →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Years of Renewal ("Ford administration") → Years of Upheaval →	subject
Years of Upheaval →	depictsAdministration
John Negroponte →	employer
1975 State of the Union Address ("Presidency of Gerald Ford") →	presidentialAdministration
Donald Rumsfeld →	servedIn
Years of Renewal ("Ford administration") →	timePeriodCovered