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Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch Ruler, Jr., July 14, 1913-December 26, 2006), was the 38th president of the United States, offering from 1974 to 1977, and was the 40th vice president of the United States, offering from 1973 to 1974 under Chief executive Richard Nixon. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the conditions of the 25th Amendment, after Spiro Agnew resigned. When he became president upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he became the first and also to time only person to get dished up as both vice president and president of the United States without having to be elected by the Electoral University. Before ascending to the vice presidency, Ford dished up almost 25 years as the rep from Michigan's Fifth Congressional Region, eight of them as the Republican minority innovator.