Ford began his political career in 1949 as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district. He served in this capacity for 25 years, the final nine of them as the House Minority Leader. In December 1973, two months after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Ford became the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment by President Richard Nixon. After the subsequent resignation of President Nixon in August 1974, Ford immediately assumed the presidency. Ford's paternal grandfather Charles Henry King paid child support until shortly before his death in 1930. After living with her parents for two-and-a-half years, Gardner married Gerald Rudolff Ford on February 1, 1916.
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