Gerald Rudolph Ford
Events (60)
- April 30, 1973: Attorney General Kleindienst, Nixon Staffers Haldeman and John Ehrlichman Resign; White House Counsel Dean Fired 1973-04-30
- October 12, 1973: Nixon Announces Gerald Ford as Vice President 1973-10-12
- June 20, 1974 and After: Defense Secretary Attempts to Undermine Arms Negotiations 1974-06-20
- August 1-2, 1974: Nixon Aides Attempt to Engineer Pardon Deal from Ford 1974-08-01
- August 2, 1974: Ford Decides to Pardon Nixon, according to White House Lawyer 1974-08-02
- August 8, 1974: Boxes of Presidential Documents Prepared for Clandestine Shipment to Nixon’s California Residence 1974-08-08
- August 9, 1974: Gerald Ford Replaces Nixon as President 1974-08-09
- August 9, 1974: Watergate Prosecutor Disturbed by Ford’s Refusal to Consider Executive Clemency 1974-08-09
- August 10, 1974: Nixon Lawyer Orders Tapes Boxed up for Secret Transfer from White House to California, Later Belays Order 1974-08-10
- August 10, 1974: Nixon Staffers Removing, Destroying White House Documents in Defiance of Ford’s Orders 1974-08-10
- June 20-August 14, 1974: CIA, Hughes Corporation Attempts to Retrieve Sunken Soviet Submarine; Retrieval Risks Confrontation with Soviet Union 1974-08-14
- August 14, 1974: Haig Pushes Rumsfeld for White House Chief of Staff 1974-08-14
- August 14, 1974: Ford Cutting Ties with Nixon Lawyers; Haig Will Stay until He Can Get Nixon Pardoned 1974-08-14
- August 14, 1974: Ford Narrows VP List to Bush, Rockefeller 1974-08-14
- August 15, 1974: Neoconservatives Begin Moving to Influence US Foreign Policies 1974-08-15
- August 16-17, 1974: Rockefeller Asked to Accept Vice Presidency 1974-08-16
- August 18, 1974: Bush Connection to Nixon Campaign ‘Slush Fund’ Revealed 1974-08-18
- August 20, 1974: Rockefeller Publicly Named Vice Presidential Selection 1974-08-20
- August 24, 1974: Reagan Energizes Conservative Republicans 1974-08-24
- August 26, 1974: Ford Pursues Media Leak of Coup Prevention Story 1974-08-26
- August 27, 1974: Former Supreme Court Justice: Time to Pardon Nixon 1974-08-27
- August 28, 1974: Nixon Lawyer Argues for Pardon; ‘It’s a Done Deal’ 1974-08-28
- August 29, 1974: Ford Should ‘Fish or Cut Bait’ on Pardon, Prosecutor Says 1974-08-29
- August 30, 1974: Nixon Pardon May Be Contingent on Turning Over Documents, Making ‘Statement of Contrition’ 1974-08-30
- September 5, 1974: Ford Refuses to Consider Defunding US Troops in Vietnam 1974-09-05
- September 5-6, 1974: Ford Lets Nixon Know Pardon Forthcoming; Tentative Agreement on Documents, Tapes Reached 1974-09-05
- September 7, 1974: Ford Finalizes Plans to Announce Pardon; Press Secretary Decides to Resign 1974-09-07
- September 8-9, 1974: Firestorm of Public, Press Criticism Greet Nixon Pardon 1974-09-08
- September 8, 1974: Nixon Admits ‘Mistakes’ and ‘Misjudgment’ 1974-09-08
- September 21, 1974 and After: Rumsfeld, Cheney Take Power in White House 1974-09-21
- September 25, 1974: Ford Weighs Decision to Veto Freedom of Information Act Amendments 1974-09-25
- November 20-21, 1974: Freedom of Information Act Strengthened by Congressional Amendments 1974-11-20
- December 19, 1974 and After: Rockefeller Sworn in as Vice President; Influence Blocked by Rumsfeld, Right-Wingers 1974-12-19
- January 1, 1975: Watergate ‘Big Three’ Convicted 1975-01-01
- May 12-15, 1975: Ford Commits Marines without Congressional Approval in ‘Mayaguez’ Incident 1975-05-12
- May 25, 1975: Journalist Reveals US Spy Program; Cheney Recommends Burglaries and Indictments as Retaliation 1975-05-25
- November 4, 1975 and After: ’Halloween Massacre’ Places Rumsfeld, Cheney in Power 1975-11-04
- Before November 4, 1975: George H. W. Bush Named CIA Director to Suit Rumsfeld’s Political Aspirations 1975-11-04
- December 6, 1975: US Approves Indonesian Plan to Invade East Timor 1975-12-06
- February 28, 1976: Ford Limits US Intelligence Agencies’ Abilities to Spy on US Citizens, Bans Political Assassinations 1976-02-28
- December 7, 1976: Indonesia Invades East Timor 1976-12-07
- April 13, 1977: Frost Pins Tape Erasure on Nixon 1977-04-13
- November 11, 2000: Former Republican Senator Advises Gore to Concede: Asking for Recounts ‘Bad for Country’ 2000-11-11
- December 20, 2005: Cheney: Watergate Eroded Power of President 2005-12-20
- November 10-11, 2011: Nixon Presidential Library Releases Transcripts of Nixon’s Grand Jury Testimony 2011-11-10
- January 1974 - September 1974: Freedom of Information Act Amendments Challenged by White House
- Mid-April 1970: Ford Attempts to Impeach Supreme Court’s Douglas as Act of Political Vengeance
- August 1975: Ford Signs Helsinki Accords, US Conservatives Cry Betrayal
- September 16-Late September, 1974: Haig Takes Command of US Forces in Europe; Threatens to Expose Ford Officials
- Mid-October 1974: Ford Denies Any Pardon Deal