Ruler · 1913 – 2006

Gerald Ford

Lived 1913 – 2006; statesperson, politician. President of the United States (United States), 1974 – 1977.

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Lived: 1913 – 2006; 93 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the United States

United States · the 39th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

35 before

John F. Kennedy1961 – 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson1963 – 1969

Richard Nixon1969 – 1974

Gerald Ford1974 – 1977

Jimmy Carter1977 – 1981

Ronald Reagan1981 – 1989

George H. W. Bush1989 – 1993

6 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1974 – 1977 · 3 years · came to it aged 61

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1977; they died in 2006

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