May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed as a result of the operation. July 8, 1975 - Formally announces he will seek the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1976.

One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate.

Carter went on to be defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980, putting Carter and Ford both in the very exclusive club of one-term presidents. File: Former president Gerald Ford visits President Jimmy ...

He was adopted by his mother’s second husband, Gerald Ford ... nomination for president over Ronald Reagan. November 1, 1976 – Jimmy Carter defeats Ford in the presidential election.

The late President Gerald Ford commemorated his friend and fellow President Jimmy Carter in a touching eulogy that was read at Carter’s funeral Thursday by Ford’s son.

Donald Trump told thousands of roaring supporters he would impose severe limits on immigration on his first day in office, vowing to swiftly fulfill the central promise of his presidential campaign at a rally on Sunday inside a packed Washington arena a day before he

In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political potency of the issue.

Carter was narrowly elected, garnering 50.1 percent of the vote to Ford’s 48, as the president made a late charge to almost overcome a double-digit deficit in the polls. The two presidents had a chilly relationship after that contest.

The 2025 inauguration will mark quite a different moment in history, one that will celebrate one of the most remarkable comebacks in American politics — a presidential transition unimaginable four years ago,

Nanda Pethiyagoda While the USA is respectfully giving its 39th President a state funeral in Washington DC and a final internment in Plains, Georgia, President-elect Donald Trump is threateningly shooting his mouth to Denmark over his claim for Greenland;

Carter’s legacy shaped once he leftthe Oval Office Photograph by photographer Karl Schumacher, 1977.From the Presidential File Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Thomas Sellers,

Ford said he and Carter agreed the US should more directly take on “the Palestinian issue” in order to work toward lasting peace in the Middle East. That ruffled feathers in Washington, according to Ford’s remarks, written so many years ago. It also feels today like a warning that was not sufficiently heeded by the US government.