How Many Presidents Have Been Divorced? How Many Presidents Have Been Divorced? By Stuart Fox | June 18, 2010 02:52pm ET MORE Despite many public and presumably even more numerous private instances of infidelity, presidential marriages have remained remarkably stable throughout history. America has only had one divorcee president, but two widower presidents moved on to second wives while in office. And one president never got married at all. Ronald Reagan was the only president who ever divorced his wife. But he left that first marriage so early in life, and moved on to such a stable and functional second marriage, that the voters didn't care, said Michael Nelson, a professor of political science at Rhodes College and coauthor of The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 17762007 (CQ Press, 2007). Some presidents, like Franklin Roosevelt, faced the possibility of divorce after their wife discovered an affair , but kept the marriage together for the sake of their political career, Nelson said. A president, or someone who wants to be president, has every reason to do whatever it takes to keep his wife from divorcing him, Nelson told Life's Little Mysteries.

The political price of divorce, where he was the guilty party, even today, would be significant. The Clintons displayed the political power of avoiding divorce, Nelson said. Had Hillary Clinton not stood by her husband after the public learned of his affair with Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton would have likely faced removal from office or forced resignation, Nelson said. However, that does not mean that every president has remained in the same marriage throughout their lives. John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson both lost their wives during their presidency, and remarried during their term , Nelson said. Only one president, James Buchanan, remained a bachelor for his entire life, Nelson said. But he had a good reason for not marrying. James Buchanan was unmarried at the time he was in office, and is widely thought of to have been what we would today call gay, Nelson said. Presidential Election Facts - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Presidential Election Facts A+E Networks Introduction With more than two centuries’ worth of U.S. presidential elections, the historical ledger is filled with an array of facts. For example, when Barack Obama was named the 44th president, he was really only the 43rd president because Grover Cleveland is counted twice.

And with Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution stating that a citizen has to be at least 35 years old to become president, John F. Kennedy came the closest to that limit by earning election at age 43. Learn about the only bachelor to be elected president, the four candidates to have won the popular vote and lost the election and more. Google The 2000 election was not the first time a candidate won the popular vote but lost the election. It has happened four times in our nation’s history: In 1824 Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but got less than 50 percent of the electoral votes. John Quincy Adams became the next president when he was picked by the House of Representatives. In 1876 Samuel Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election when Rutherford B. Hayes got 185 electoral votes to Tilden’s 184. In 1888 Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election when Benjamin Harrison got 233 electoral votes to Cleveland’s 168. In 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to George Bush.

In the most highly contested election in modern history, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount of ballots, giving Bush the state’s 25 electoral votes for a total of 271 to Gore’s 255. Grover Cleveland was elected president (1884) then lost his re-election campaign (1888) and came back again to win the presidency for a second time. (1892) Barack Obama is the nation’s 44rd president but in reality there have only been 43 presidents. Grover Cleveland is counted twice as our 22nd and 24th president because he was elected for two nonconsecutive terms. Only 12 U.S. Presidents have been elected to office for two terms and served those two terms. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office four terms prior to the Twenty-second Amendment. Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution has only three requirements for a president. (1) Must be at least 35 years old, (2) have lived in the United States at least 14 years, and (3) be a natural-born citizen.

John Kennedy is the youngest elected U.S. President at 43. Ronald Reagan is the oldest elected U.S. President at 73. (second term) The only President and Vice President to never be elected to the office was Gerald Ford . He became vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned and became president when Nixon resigned. The tallest U.S. President was Abraham Lincoln at 6’4″The shortest U.S. President was James Madison at 5’4″ Percent wise – the 1992 election was the biggest turnout since 1972 with 61.3 percent off the voter age population heading to the polls. James Buchanan is the only bachelor to be elected president. Eight presidents have died in office. William Henry Harrison (pneumonia) Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage) John F. Kennedy (assassin) Ronald Reagan is the only divorced man to be elected president. James Monroe received every electoral vote but one in the 1820 election. A New Hampshire delegate wanted George Washington to be the only president elected unanimously. The U.S. Marine band has played at every presidential inauguration since 1801.

President John Tyler is believed to be the first to use “Hail to the Chief” as the official Presidential honors. President Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe but took his stepfather’s last name when his mother remarried. He formally changed his name to William Jefferson Clinton when he was 15. Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for President in 1872. Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major party ticket in 2016. Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress in 1916. John Mercer Langston became the first elected black politician in the United States in 1855 when he was elected Town Clerk in Brownhelm, Ohio . Twelve of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were 35 years or younger. Martin Van Buren was the first natural-born American to become president in 1837.

Each of the seven previous presidents were born as British subjects.Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution states; Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: “I do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Access hundreds of hours of historical video, commercial free, with HISTORY Vault . Start your free trial today. Tags 54 Interesting Facts about Divorce | FactRetriever.com 54 Interesting Facts about Divorce By Karin Lehnardt, Senior Writer Published December 18, 2016 In New York and Mississippi, a spouse can sue a third party for being responsible for the failure of a marriage in cases of what’s called “alienation of affection.”[12] It’s a law in Wichita, Kansas, that if a man mistreats his mother-in-law, it cannot be used as grounds for a divorce.[12] In 2012, an Italian man brought his mother along on his honeymoon.

His new bride asked for a divorce three weeks later.[12] Only two U.S Presidents have known to have been divorced: Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.[16] The world’s oldest divorcées are a 99-year-old Italian man and his 96-year-old (ex) wife. He divorced her after 60 years of marriage when he found love letters she had written to her lover in the 1940s. They married in 1934 and divorced in 2011.[12] A prosthetic penis could cause tension within a marriage In 2008, a woman asked for a divorce from her husband after his prosthetic penis extension snapped off during sex.[12] In America, the divorce rate peaked at 50% in the 1980s. While the national divorce has declined, a first marriage is still between 40-50% likely to end in divorce.[2] According to U.S. statistics, if one partner smokes, a marriage is 75% more likely to end in divorce.[14] Research shows that couples in Republican states are 27% more likely to divorce than couples in Democratic states.

Couples in Republican states have historically married younger than their Democratic counterparts.[9] In ancient Chaldea, a man could get a divorce by writing a letter to his wife’s father or by saying “Thou are not my wife.” However, if the wife ever said, “Thou are not my husband,” she would be immediately drowned.[6] The most commonly cited statistic states that one in every four families will face divorce. More than one million people have parents who separate or divorce each year in the U.S.[8] A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. - Margaret Atwood In some Native American tribes, if a man left his wife without a serious reason, he was not allowed to remain a member of the tribe. Many tribes did not allow a man to separate from his wife if they had children together. The Aztecs were never permitted to divorce.[6] In the Aleutian Islands, if a man grew tired of his wife, he would barter her for food or clothes.[6] According to U.S.

statistics, if there is a daughter and no son in a marriage, the union is 5% more likely to end.[14] The history of divorce is in large part a history of abandoning Catholic teaching on marriage as developed in the 13th century. Simply put, the Catholic Church’s position stated that divorce was forbidden because a validly contracted Christian marriage could be dissolved only by the death of a husband or wife.[4] While historically the Catholic Church forbade divorce, the Pauline Privilege (found in 1 Cor. 7:15) states that remarriage by a Christian is allowed if a Christian spouse had been deserted by his or her non-Christian spouse. A second potential exception is if a marriage had not been sexually consummated and either the husband or wife wanted to enter a religious order. In both of these instances, divorce may be granted in “favor of the faith.”[4] If you don’t have kids, divorce is often easier legally, financially, and emotionally Couples with children have a slightly lower divorce rate than couples without children.[8] While the Roman Catholic Church historically banned divorce, Jewish and Roman law at the beginning of the Christian era were more lenient.

Jewish law gave the husband extensive authority to divorce his wife if she “found no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her.” Jewish law also gave women more rights in initiating divorce.[4] In the Philippines, divorce is illegal. Any divorce that is conducted outside the country is not recognized within the Philippines.[12] Burgundian law declared that a woman who tried to divorce her husband should be smothered in a mire.[6] Divorce is illegal in Malta, a country that is controlled by the Vatican. It is one of the three countries in the world (all Catholic) where divorce is illegal, even if the marriage is not a Catholic marriage.[7] The 5th Texas Court of Appeals recently ruled that same-sex couples who legally marry in other states cannot divorce in Texas.[2] In ancient Rome, a couple could divorce just by declaring their intent not to live together in front of seven witnesses. Divorce was common, especially in the upper classes, and a divorced woman could receive her dowry back in full. She could also regain her independence upon a divorce. However, a woman found guilty of adultery would receive just half of her dowry.

The law did not recognize adultery by husbands.[6] In America, the divorce rate for a first marriage is around 41%. The divorce rate for a second marriage is 60%. The divorce rate for a third marriage is 73%.[9] Divorce rates are higher among military personnel than among civilians According to the Defense Department, the divorce rate of military couples rose from 2.6% in 2001 to 3.7% in 2011. The Air Force has the highest rate of divorce out of all the services.[3] The average length of divorce proceedings in the United States is 1 year.[8] The mean age of a woman for a first divorce is 29 years old. For males in a first marriage, it is 30.5. For a second marriage, the mean age for women is 37 years. For men in a second marriage, it is 39.3 years.[9] Women on average wait 3.1 years to remarry after a divorce.

Men wait 3.3 years.[9] The divorce rate for couples over 65 years old has doubled since 1980.[8] Western states typically have the highest marriage and divorce rates, followed by the South. The Northeast has the lowest marriage and divorce rates.[9] According to a recent study, dancers and choreographers reported the highest divorce rates (43.1%), followed by bartenders (38.4%), and massage therapists (38.2%). Rounding out the top 10 were casino workers, telephone operators, nurses, and home health aides.[10] Long hours and physical contact with someone other than a spouse can cause tension within a marriage According to 2012 U.S. Census Bureau statistics, New Jersey has the lowest divorce rate. New York, Connecticut, Delaware, and Massachusetts round out the top five lowest rates. The East coast in general has a divorce rate of less than 12%.[9] According to 2012 U.S. Census Bureau statistics, Nevada has the highest rate of divorce at 14.7%.

Wyoming, Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee all have rates of divorce over 13.%.[9] Marriages are more likely to last longer when people marry at an older age, have a higher education, and earn more money.[4] Among the occupations with the lowest divorce rates are agricultural engineers, salespeople, nuclear engineers, optometrists, clergy, and podiatrists.[10] A marriage in which a woman is two or more years older than her husband is 53% more likely to end in divorce than if the husband were three or more years older or only one year younger.[14] Women who have been diagnosed with cervical cancer are more likely to divorce, by 40%. If a man is diagnosed with testicular cancer, the marriage is 20% more likely to divorce.

On contrast, breast cancer survivors are 8% less likely to divorce than women who have not had breast cancer.[14] Sometimes "more to love" isn't a good thing Experts note that if a spouse has gained more than 20% of his or her body weight, divorce is more likely.[15] Having twins or triplets increases the risk of divorce by 17%.[8] In Japan, visitors can write their divorce wishes on a piece of paper and flush them down the toilet in the Mantokuji Temple. The temple was traditionally a refuge for women seeking to escape an unhappy marriage.[7] After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the country experienced an increase of divorces and divorce ceremonies.[7] In China, when couples of the Jing people divorce, they throw away the pen and ink stone used to sign the divorce papers because they believe they contain bad luck.[7] Islam has traditionally allowed divorce, which is referred to as talaq. However, it is considered the worst of all lawful things in the sight of Allah.

The rates of divorce were higher in the medieval Islamic world and Ottoman Empire than they are in the modern Middle East, which typically has low rates of divorce.[6] The top five reasons for divorce in the U.S. include 1) communication problems; 2) infidelity or betrayal; 3) financial problems; 4) psychological, emotional, and physical abuse; and 5) loss of interest.[2] Contrary to popular belief, premarital cohabitation does not increase a couple’s divorce risk–if the couple intends to get married.[5] Children of divorced parents are twice as likely to drop out of high school and less likely to attend college.[2] Kids at any age often feel uncertain or angry at the prospect of their parents splitting up White women who marry outside their race are more likely to divorce than other ethnic groups. Mixed marriages involving blacks and whites were the least stable interracial marriage, followed by Hispanic-white couples.[18] First marriages that end in divorce usually last approximately 8 years.[11] Divorced men are at an especially high risk of alcohol abuse.

In contrast, divorced women’s alcohol consumption falls sharply after a divorce.[1] Approximately 6% of American couples marry, divorce, and then remarry each other.[17] In 2/3 of all American divorces, it’s the woman who files for divorce. Additionally, while men are financially better off than women after a divorce, they are more likely to suffer more emotionally.[17] Asian women on average stay married longer Asian women are the most likely to be in a first marriage that lasts over 20 years. The CDC concludes that 70% of Asian women are still in their first marriage, compared to 54 % of white women, 53% of Hispanic women, and 37 % of black women.[18] Some researchers note that men are eight times more likely than divorced women to commit suicide.

They are also twice as likely to suffer depression and heart attacks.[13] The top six signs of an impending divorce include 1) dreaming of life without the spouse; 2) the bad in the marriage outweighs the good; 3) lack of communication; 4) engaging negative defense mechanisms, such as becoming overly defensive and dismissive; 5) a spouse feels like he or she is the only one trying to solve problems; and 6) the couple rarely, if ever has sex.[2] Pinnable Facts Keyword Tags Ronald Reagan - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Google Ronald Reagan’s Childhood and Education Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois , to Edward “Jack” Reagan (1883-1941), a shoe salesman, and Nelle Wilson Reagan (1883-1962). The family, which included older son Neil Reagan (1908-1996), resided in an apartment that lacked indoor plumbing and running water and was located along the small town’s main street.

Reagan’s father nicknamed him Dutch as a baby, saying he resembled “a fat little Dutchman.” Did You Know? Among the items on display at Ronald Reagan's presidential library in California is a 6,000-pound graffiti-covered section of the Berlin Wall, given to him by the people of Berlin. During Reagan’s early childhood, his family lived in a series of Illinois towns as his father switched sales jobs, then settled in Dixon, Illinois, in 1920. In 1928, Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he was an athlete and student body president and performed in school plays. During summer vacations, he worked as a lifeguard in Dixon. Reagan went on to attend Eureka College in Illinois, where he played football, ran track, captained the swim team, served as student council president and acted in school productions. After graduating in 1932, he found work as a radio sports announcer in Iowa . Ronald Reagan’s Hollywood Career and Marriages In 1937, while in Southern California to cover the Chicago Cubs’ spring training season, Ronald Reagan did a screen test for the Warner Brothers movie studio.

The studio signed him to a contract, and that same year he made his film debut in “Love is on the Air,” playing a radio news reporter. Over the next three decades he appeared in more than 50 movies. Among his best-known roles was that of Notre Dame football star George Gipp in the 1940 biographical film “Knute Rockne All American.” In the movie, Reagan’s famous line–which he is still rememberd for–was “Win one for the Gipper.” Another notable role was in 1942 in “Kings Row,” in which Reagan portrayed an accident victim who wakes up to discover his legs have been amputated and cries out, “Where’s the rest of me?” (Reagan used this line as the title of his 1965 autobiography.) In 1940, Reagan married actress Jane Wyman (1917-2007), with whom he had daughter Maureen (1941-2001) and an adopted son, Michael (1945-). The couple divorced in 1948 (Reagan is the only U.S. president to have been divorced).

In 1952, he married actress Nancy Davis (1921-). The pair had two children, Patricia (1952-) and Ronald (1958-). During World War II (1939-1945), Reagan was disqualified from combat duty due to poor eyesight and spent his time in the Army making training films. From 1947 to 1952, and from 1959 to 1960, he served as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), during which time he testified in front of the House Un-American Activities Committe ( HUAC ). From 1954 to 1962, he hosted the weekly television drama series “The General Electric Theater.” In this role, he toured the United States as a public relations representative for General Electric, giving pro-business talks in which he spoke out against too much government control and wasteful spending, central themes of his future political career.

Golden State Governorship and Bid for the Presidency In his younger years, Ronald Reagan was a member of the Democratic Party and campaigned for Democratic candidates; however, his views grew more conservative over time, and in the early 1960s he officially became a Republican. In 1964, Reagan stepped into the national political spotlight when he gave a well-received televised speech for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater (1909-1998), a prominent conservative. Two years later, in his first race for public office, Reagan defeated Democratic incumbent Edmund “Pat” Brown Sr. (1905-1996) by almost 1 million votes to win the governorship of California. Reagan was reelected to a second term in 1970. After making unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and 1976, Reagan received his party’s nod in 1980. In that year’s general election, he and running mate George H.W. Bush (1924-) faced off against President Jimmy Carter (1924-) and Vice President Walter Mondale (1928-).

Reagan won the election by an electoral margin of 489-49 and captured almost 51 percent of the popular vote. At age 69, he was the oldest person elected to the U.S. presidency. 1981 Inauguration and Assassination Attempt Ronald Reagan was sworn into office on January 20, 1981. In his inaugural address, Reagan famously said of America’s then-troubled economy, “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem.” After the more informal Carter years, Reagan and his wife Nancy ushered in a new era of glamour in the nation’s capital, which became known as Hollywood on the Potomac. The first lady wore designer fashions, hosted numerous state dinners and oversaw a major redecoration of the White House . Just over two months after his inauguration, on March 30, 1981, Reagan survived an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. (1955-), a man with a history of psychiatric problems, outside a hotel in Washington , D.C. The gunman’s bullet pierced one of the president’s lungs and narrowly missed his heart.

Reagan, known for his good-natured humor, later told his wife, “Honey, I forgot to duck.” Within several weeks of the shooting, Reagan was back at work. Ronald Reagan’s Domestic Agenda On the domestic front, President Ronald Reagan implemented policies to reduce the federal government’s reach into the daily lives and pocketbooks of Americans, including tax cuts intended to spur growth (known as Reaganomics). He also advocated for increases in military spending, reductions in certain social programs and measures to deregulate business. By 1983, the nation’s economy had started to recover and enter a period of prosperity that would extend through the rest of Reagan’s presidency. Critics maintained that his policies led to budget deficits and a more significant national debt; some also held that his economic programs favored the rich. In 1981, Reagan made history by appointing Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-) as the first woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ronald Reagan and Foreign Affairs In foreign affairs, Ronald Reagan’s first term in office was marked by a massive buildup of U.S.

weapons and troops, as well as an escalation of the Cold War (1946-1991) with the Soviet Union, which the president dubbed “the evil empire.” Key to his administration’s foreign policy initiatives was the Reagan Doctrine, under which America provided aid to anticommunist movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 1983, Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a plan to develop space-based weapons to protect America from attacks by Soviet nuclear missiles. Also on the foreign affairs front, Reagan sent 800 U.S. Marines to Lebanon as part of an international peacekeeping force after Israel invaded that nation in June 1982. In October 1983, suicide bombers attacked the Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 Americans. That same month, Reagan ordered U.S. forces to lead an invasion of Grenada, an island in the Caribbean, after Marxist rebels overthrew the government. In addition to the problems in Lebanon and Grenada, the Reagan administration had to deal with an ongoing contentious relationship between the United States and Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi (1942-).

During his second term, Reagan forged a diplomatic relationship with the reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-), who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985. In 1987, the Americans and Soviets signed a historic agreement to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missiles. That same year, Reagan spoke at Germany’s Berlin Wall , a symbol of communism, and famously challenged Gorbachev to tear it down. Twenty-nine months later, Gorbachev allowed the people of Berlin to dismantle the wall. After leaving the White House, Reagan returned to Germany in September 1990—just weeks before Germany was officially reunified–and took several symbolic swings with a hammer at a remaining chunk of the wall. 1984 Reelection and Iran-Contra Affair In November 1984, Ronald Reagan was reelected in a landslide, defeating Walter Mondale and his running mate Geraldine Ferraro (1935-), the first female vice-presidential candidate from a major U.S. political party.

Reagan, who announced it was “morning again in America,” carried 49 out of 50 states in the election and received 525 out of 538 electoral votes, the largest number ever won by an American presidential candidate. Ronald Reagan’s Later Years After leaving the White House in January 1989, Ronald Reagan and his wife returned to California, where they lived in Los Angeles. In 1991, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum opened in Simi Valley, California. In November 1994, Reagan revealed in a handwritten letter to the American people that he had been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Nearly a decade later, on June 5, 2004, he died at his Los Angeles home at age 93, making him the nation’s longest-lived president (in 2006, Gerald Ford surpassed him for this title). Reagan was given a state funeral in Washington, D.C., and later buried on the grounds of his presidential library. Access hundreds of hours of historical video, commercial free, with HISTORY Vault . Start your free trial today.

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(1981-Present) 34 years First President born in Illinois First President to have been divorced First President to appoint a woman Justice to the United States Supreme Court (Sandra Day O-Connor) First President to have been a union leader (President of the Screen Actors Guild) The Oldest President to take office and the oldest upon leaving office Ronald Reagan had the highest number of electoral votes in United States election history, 525 out of 538 First President who served as the Ambassador to the United Nations First President who served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) First President to become acting President First President born in Arkansas First President to participate in a live Internet chat First President to appoint the First Lady the head of a presidential commission First President to be named in a sexual harassment suit Second President to be Impeached but the first elected president to be Impeached. President Clinton's impeachment First President to use the Line-Item Veto First President to be born in Connecticut First President to have an M.B.A Degree Second President who was a son of a former President.

Bush's father was President 41 George Herbert Walker Bush First African-American President of the United States Barack Obama is the First President to publicly acknowledge the existence of Area 51 in Nevada President Gerald Ford Donald Trump Key Dates 1913 Born in Omaha, Nebraska. (His name then was Leslie Lynch King Jr. In 1916 he was adopted by his step father and his name was changed. 1935 Gerald Ford graduated from the University of Michigan. 1941 Ford graduated from the Yale Law School. 1942 -46 He served in the Navy during WWII 1948 Gerald Ford was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. 1964 Warren Commission which Ford served as a member concluded that there was no evidence of a conspiracy in the assassination of Kennedy. 1972 Watergate break-in. 1973 President Nixon appointed Ford as his Vice President. 1974 Nixon resigned as President and Gerald Ford became President. 1974 Ford pardoned Nixon. 1976 Lost the presidential election to Jimmy Carter. 1979 Ford published his memoir A Time to Heal. 1980 Ford declined to serve as Reagan's vice president.

1982 Betty and Gerald Ford open the Betty Ford Center. 2001 Ex-President Ford receives the Profile in Courage Award form the John F. Kennedy Foundation. 2006 Gerald Ford died. Surpassed Ronald Reagan as the nation's longest-lived president. Gerald Rudolph. Ford 38th President Gerald was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 14, 1913. Gerald R. Ford Jr. was the only President born in Nebraska. He was also the only President that was a resident of Michigan. He was named Leslie Lynch King, Jr. at birth. When his divorced mother remarried, he was adopted by his stepfather and named Gerald R. Ford after him. He was known as "Jerry." President Ford didn't know he was adopted until he was 12 years old. A second source says 17 years old. When his name was changed on December 3, 1935 his middle name was spelled Rudolf. However, Ford used the spelling Rudolph to give less of a German name. Gerald Ford considered himself a Republican from a very young age.. He was all city (Grand Rapids) and all state in football.

He was the center on the University of Michigan Football Team. He also played linebacker. Ford was the MVP of the Michigan team. He was MVP on a team with a record of 1 and 7. He then played on two national champion Michigan teams at center, but not as a starter. He was offered contracts to play football for the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers. They offered to pay him $200 a game for a 14 game season. Ford was one of three presidents who majored in economics while is college. George H. Bursh and Ronald Reagan were the others. He married Elizabeth (Betty) Anne Bloomer on October 15, 1948. The next day they went to a University of Michigan football game as part of their Honeymoon. Gerald Ford was the first President whose parents were divorced. Ford was the first President to have been an Eagle Scout. Gerald R. Ford once worked as a fashion model. Ford was a model for Cosmopolitan and Look magazines in the 1940's. Ford studied law at Yale University. He graduated in the top third of his class.

Gerald enlisted in the Navy Reserves on April 20, 1942. He served from 1942-1946 he served in the U.S. Navy during WW II. His ship took part in most of the major battles. (Wake Island, Okinawa, and the Philippines.) He was a decorated Naval officer. Gerald was awarded ten battle stars for naval battles in the pacific. He is right-handed, but he wrote with his left hand. He always signed his name Jerry Ford. Ford smoked a pipe. He won his first election to the House of Representatives in 1948 by getting 60% of the vote. That was his smallest margin of victory in his career as a Representative. He spent 24 years as a representative. One of his professional goals was to became Speaker of the House. To reach that goal he worked to get a seat on the House Appropriations Committee. (Several Speakers of the House had served on that committee.) Ford was one of the members of the Warren Commission appointed to study the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was the last living member of the Commission. While he was a congressman he bought a Polaroid Camera.

They had just been invented and the camera printed a picture instantly. When people from his home district came to visit he would have their picture taken with him as a souvenir. If he wasn't in his office he allow people to sit at his desk and one of his aids would take their picture. The president enjoyed butter pecan ice cream. Ford was 6' tall and weighed about 195. Ford was the only President who was employed by the National Park Service. He worked as a park ranger in Yellowstone in 1936. Ford's congressional office was across the hall from another young congressman named John Kennedy. They became close friends. He also became friends with Richard Nixon. When Nixon was getting ready to resign, he call Ford to the White House. The two shook hands and sat down. There was silence in the room and Nixon turned to Ford and said: "I know you will do well." At that moment Ford knew Nixon was resigning and he would become president. The next day Nixon resigned. Gerald Ford was Vice President to Richard Nixon. The vote to confirm his vice president was 92-3 in the Senate and 387-35 in the house. He was sworn into office by Chief Justice Warren Burger.

Gerald R. Ford, 1974. Library of Congress (Click on image for a larger picture.) Gerald Ford became President with the resignation of Richard Nixon. He was one of 9 vice presidents to become president . He was the only vice president who didn't become president due to a president's death. Gerald R. Ford was the only president not elected by the people as either vice president or president. Therefore, he is the only President to not run for the Presidency or Vice Presidency and become President. As one book states he was the first un-elected President. He was the Speaker of the House and replace Vice President Agnew when he resigned and then replace Richard Nixon when he resigned. He was the second President to wear contacts while in office. Johnson and Reagan also wore contacts. On September 8, 1974, President Ford granted a pardon to Richard Nixon. Ford was highly critized for pardoning Nixon and his popularity rating dropped quickly. Ford felt it was the only want to put the Watergate scandal behind him and the nation. President Ford was the first president to visit Japan while in office. President Ford hired a joke writer. In 1975, Gerald Ford officially reinstated Robert E.

Lee as a U. S. citizen. (Lee was the top ranking Confederate General in the Civil War.) Gerald Ford also loved golf, but spectators had to watch carefully because the President was know for conking people on the head with his wild shots. However, he did have a hole-in-one to his credit. (He was the second president to do that. Eisenhower also had a hole-in-one. President Ford said he wanted to "replace a national frown with a national smile." He was an Episcopalian. In 1975, two attempts were made to assassinate President Ford. One on September 5 by Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme. She was a follower of Charles Manson. The second was on September 22, by Sara Jane Moore. President Ford was not hurt in either attempt. (For more information see our page on the attempts to assassinate President Ford. ) Shortly after becoming president he gave a full pardon to Richard Nixon (Sept. 8,1974). Some people say that this lead to his defeat to Jimmy Carter in the next presidential election (1976). He is the only president to grant a pardon to another president.

Gerald Ford's Vice President was Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977). When President Ford entered the room the band would play the Michigan Fight song instead of Hail to the Cheif. President Ford vetoed 15 bills in his first three months in office. That was more that Nixon had vetoed in 18 months. However, many of those vetoes were overridden. He had more vetoes overridden than any other president. On April 23, 1973, President Ford in a speech at Tulane University announced that the war in Vietnam was finished. Ford stated: "Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finished as far as America is concerned." On July 8th, 1975, President Ford announced his candidacy for the 1976 Republican presidential election. On September 5, 1975, "Sqeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford. She had a loaded gun but there was a bullet in the firing chamber. She pointed the gun at Gerald Ford. The Secret Service restrained her.

After a second assassination attempt by Sara Jane Moore, the presidents started wearing a bullet proof vest. Gerald Ford had Golden Retriever named Liberty. The 1976 Presidential election was the only election he ever lost. Ford had several problems in running for president ion 1976. The economy was in bad shape. Economic growth had slowed and inflation was taking place. Also within his own party, conservatives were upset and wanted Reagan as their nominee. The election of 1976 was the closest since 1916. Popular vote was 40.8 million for Carter and 39.1 million for Ford. The electorial vote was 297 for Carter and 240 for Ford. President Ford was in office for 896 days. Only two Vice Presidents served less day. ( Lyndon Johnson - 425 and Calvin Coolidge -580) It was the 5th shortest term served by any president. In his last State of the Union address on January 12, 1977, President Ford stated: "I can report that the state of the union is good.

There is room for improvement, as always, but today we have a more perfect Union than when my stewardship began." President Carter first words in his inaugural address were: "For myself and for our nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land." President Ford and President Carter became close friends and work on several programs together. Ford won the John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage Award" for having the courage to pardon Richard Nixon. Many of his critics for pardoning Nixon came to realize later it was the best thing that he could have done to heal our nation and put Watergate behind us. It was said that he always followed the three rules that he learned as a kid from Michigan: Tell the Truth, Work Hard, and Come to Dinner on Time. Gerald R. Ford owns a home for skiing in Beaver Creek, CO. The Fords became millionaires after he left office. He published several books, spoke at corporate functions and had a NBC contract. Ford passed Ronald Reagan as the oldest person ever to be president Ford became 93 years and 121 days old. That was one month older than Reagan. ( Oldest living and deceased Presidents.

) His obituary took three pages in the New York Times. He lied repose in California, then Washington DC and was buried next to the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI. At right is a image of the statue at the Museum in Grand Rapids, MI. It has basic information on the front and quotes by Ford on the other three sides. My favorite is from his swearing in speech: "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, and so I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers. And I hope that such prayers will also be the first of many. If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one womanï¿½my dear wifeï¿½as I begin this very difficult job." Gerald Ford US Presidents: Lists and Records US Presidents: Lists and Records The presidents of the United States are so much fun. Understanding them helps us understand American history.

We have compiled a series of lists about the presidents, and will be adding more as we think of new categories. Contents: Presidents born before the USA became a country: George Washington Presidents born in the Carolinas Andrew Jackson (historians are not sure whether he was born in North or South Carolina) James Polk (North Carolina) Presidents born in New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Presidents born in New Jersey Grover Cleveland Presidents born in New York Martin Van Buren Presidents belonging to Disciples of Christ James Garfield Rutherford Hayes (also attended Episcopal and Methodist services) Grover Cleveland Presidents who served in wars George Washington - Commander in Chief of Continental Army during the American Revolution.

James Monroe - served in American Revolution Andrew Jackson - American Revolution, War of 1812, First Seminole War William Henry Harrison - Indian wars in the NW territory, War of 1812 John Tyler - War of 1812 Zachary Taylor - War of 1812, Black Hawk, Second Seminole, and Mexican wars Franklin Pierce - Mexican War James Buchanan - War of 1812 Abraham Lincoln - Black Hawk War Andrew Johnson - Civil War Ulysses Grant - Mexican War, Civil War Rutherford Hayes - Civil War Presidents who were in the military but who saw no action James Madison Ronald Reagan - kept out of combat due to bad eyesight George W.

Bush Presidents with no military experience John Adams George Washington: war with Native Americans in Ohio Thomas Jefferson: Tripolitan War, 1800-1805, against the Barbary pirates James Madison - War of 1812, 1812-1814, against the British James Monroe - First Seminole War, 1817-1818 Andrew Jackson - Black Hawk War, 1832 Martin Van Buren - Aroostook War, 1839; Second Seminole War - ended 1842 William Henry Harrison - Second Seminole War - ended 1842 John Tyler - Second Seminole War - ended 1842 James Polk - Mexican War James Buchanan - beginning of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln - Civil War, 1861-1865 William McKinley - Spanish-American War, 1898; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1900 Woodrow Wilson - WWI, 1914-1918 Warren Harding - formally concluded WWI Franklin Roosevelt - WWII, 1941-1945 Harry Truman

 - conclusion of WWII, Korean War - 1950-1953 Dwight Eisenhower - conclusion of Korean War John Kennedy - Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961; beginning of Vietnam War Lyndon Johnson - Vietnam War, Dominican Republic, 1965 Richard Nixon - Vietnam War Ronald Reagan - Grenada Invasion, 1983 George Bush - Invasion of Panama, 1989-1990; Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991 George W.

Bush - War against the Taliban, Iraq, 2001 to present. Presidents who did not preside over war during their terms John Adams Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt Collector of the Port of New York Chester Arthur Congressman, U.S.

House of Representatives James Madison - Virginia William Henry Harrison - Northwest Territory, Ohio John Tyler - Virginia Martin Van Buren - New York William Henry Harrison - Indiana Territory John Tyler - Virginia Grover Cleveland - Buffalo, New York Calvin Coolidge - Northampton, Massachusetts Member of House of Burgesses George Washington Martin Van Buren - New York William Henry Harrison - Ohio Martin Van Buren - New York William Henry Harrison - Ohio Vice President (See Electoral Lists , below) Electoral Lists Presidents who had been vice presidents John Adams, under George Washington Thomas Jefferson, under John Adams Martin Van Buren, under Andrew Jackson John Tyler, under William Henry Harrison Millard Fillmore, under Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson, under Abraham Lincoln Chester Arthur, under James Garfield Theodore Roosevelt, under William McKinley Calvin Coolidge, under Warren Harding Harry Truman, under Franklin Roosevelt Lyndon Johnson, under John Kennedy Richard Nixon, under Dwight Eisenhower Gerald Ford, under Richard Nixon George Bush, under Ronald Reagan Vice-presidents who were later elected president, without having served out the remainder of a predecessor's term John Adams Find more information about Vice-Presidents below.

Presidents who never ran for president John Tyler Presidents who were never elected president or vice president Gerald Ford Presidents who ran for president, but were never elected Gerald Ford Elected presidents whose parties did not nominate them for a second term Franklin Pierce Vice presidents who became president through death or resignation of their president John Tyler - death of William Henry Harrison Millard Fillmore - death of Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson - assassination of Abraham Lincoln Chester Arthur - assassination of James Garfield Theodore Roosevelt - assassination of William McKinley Calvin Coolidge - death of Warren Harding Harry Truman - death of Franklin Roosevelt Lyndon Johnson - assassination of John Kennedy Gerald Ford - resignation of Richard Nixon Find more information about Vice-Presidents below. Presidents who lost the popular vote but won the electoral college vote Rutherford Hayes - Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, and probably the electoral college vote, but the results were fixed to give Hayes the majority. Benjamin Harrison - incumbent president Grover Cleveland won the popular vote George W. Bush - Al Gore won the popular vote. The electoral college vote was thrown into doubt by peculiarities in Florida's election, and the election was decided by the Supreme Court when they stopped the recount.

Presidents who won neither the popular vote nor the electoral college vote, but still ended up as president John Quincy Adams - Andrew Jackson had more votes in both categories. Presidents who were chosen by the House of Representatives because no one had a majority Thomas Jefferson (1st term) Thomas Jefferson - defeated John Adams in 1800. Andrew Jackson - defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828, William Henry Harrison - defeated Martin Van Buren in 1840. Benjamin Harrison - defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888. Grover Cleveland - defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892. Woodrow Wilson - defeated Howard Taft in 1912. Franklin Roosevelt - defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932. Jimmy Carter - defeated Gerald Ford in 1976. Ronald Reagan - defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980. Bill Clinton - defeated George Bush in 1992.

Presidents elected to two terms George Washington: 1789, 1792 Presidents elected to one term John Adams: 1796 Presidents elected to four terms Franklin Roosevelt: 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 Presidents elected (or selected) on their first run for office (does not include primary bids) George Washington: 1789 Presidents elected on their second run for office (does not include primary bids) Thomas Jefferson: defeated in 1796 by John Adams Andrew Jackson: John Quincy Adams was selected over Jackson in 1824. William Henry Harrison: defeated in 1836 by Martin van Buren. Richard Nixon: defeated in 1960 by John F. Kennedy. Presidents who defeated each other John Quincy Adams: was selected over Andrew Jackson in 1824. Andrew Jackson: defeated John Quincy Adams in 1828. Martin Van Buren: defeated William Henry Harrison in 1836. William Henry Harrison: defeated Martin van Buren in 1840. Benjamin Harrison: defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888.

Grover Cleveland: defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892. Presidents who served non-consecutive terms Grover Cleveland Presidents who received 100% of the electoral college votes George Washington Ex-Presidents who tried unsuccessfully to regain the presidency Martin Van Buren was defeated in the primary in 1844 by James Polk. Millard Fillmore was defeated in 1856 by James Buchanan. Ulysses Grant was defeated in 1880 in the primary by James Garfield. Theodore Roosevelt was defeated in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson. Presidential deaths and misfortunes Presidents killed by the incompetence of their doctors George Washington - bled to death by his doctors as treatment for "inflammatory quinsy" James Garfield - whose doctors contaminated his bullet wound so that he died of infection. Assassinated presidents Abraham Lincoln - assassinated by John Wilkes Booth James Garfield - assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau William McKinley - assassinated by Leon F.

Czolgosz John Kennedy - assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald Presidents who suffered attempted assassinations Andrew Jackson - would-be assassin: Richard Lawrence (both derringers misfired) Harry Truman - Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to storm Blair House, residence of Truman Gerald Ford - would be assassins: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, in two separate incidences Ronald Reagan - shot and wounded by John W.

Hinkley, Jr Presidents who died in office of natural causes William Henry Harrison - died of "bilious pleurisy" Zachary Taylor - died of cholera morbus Warren Harding - died of pneumonia or stroke Franklin Roosevelt - died of cerebral hemorrhage Impeached presidents Presidents related to earlier presidents James Madison: half first cousin twice removed of George Washington John Quincy Adams: son of John Adams Zachary Taylor: second cousin of James Madison Grover Cleveland: sixth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant Benjamin Harrison: grandson of William Henry Harrison Theodore Roosevelt: third cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren Franklin Roosevelt: fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant, fourth cousin three times removed of Zachary Taylor, fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt Harry Truman: great-great-great nephew of John Tyler Richard Nixon: seventh cousin twice removed of William Taft, eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover George Bush: fifth cousin four times removed of Franklin Pierce, seventh cousin three times removed of Theodore Roosevelt, seventh cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln, eleventh cousin once removed of Gerald Ford George W. Bush: son of George Bush African-American Presidents Note: Several presidents were allegedly of mixed European and African ancestry, which by U.S.

reckoning would designate them as African-American. See The Five Negro Presidents by J.A. Rogers and Six Black Presidents: Black Blood, White Masks by Auset Bakhufu. Thomas Jefferson Presidents who married while president James Tyler Presidents who had children out of wedlock Thomas Jefferson Democratic (or earlier, Democratic-Republican) presidents Thomas Jefferson Presidents belonging to no party John Quincy Adams Presidents who changed party affiliation after their presidency Millard Fillmore (Whig) became a candidate for the American or Know-Nothing Party. Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) founded the Progressive or Bull Moose Party. Vice-Presidents Presidents whose VP belonged to a different party John Adams (Federalist): Democratic Republican Thomas Jefferson was his VP. Abraham Lincoln (Republican): Democrat Andrew Johnson served as his second VP. Presidents at least temporarily without vice-presidents John Tyler - He had been William Henry Harrison's VP, and the position was not filled when Tyler assumed the presidency. Millard Fillmore - He had been Zachary Taylor's VP, and the position was not filled when Fillmore assumed the presidency. Franklin Pierce - William Rufus DeVane King was elected VP, but died before assuming office, and was not replaced.

Andrew Johnson - He had been Abraham Lincoln's VP, and the position was not filled when Johnson assumed the presidency. Ulysses Grant - His second-term VP, Henry Wilson, died in office and was not replaced, leaving Grant without a VP for more than a year. Chester Arthur - He had been James Garfield's VP, and the position was not filled when Arthur assumed the presidency. Grover Cleveland - His first-term VP, Thomas Hendricks, was not replaced after dying nine months into his term. William McKinkey - His first VP, Garret Hobart, died in office in 1899, and was not replaced until March 1900 by Theodore Roosevelt. William Taft - His VP, James Sherman, died shortly before the end of Taft's term and was not replaced. Calvin Coolidge - He had been Warren Harding's VP, and the position was not filled until Coolidge was elected for his own term in 1924. Harry Truman - He had been Franklin Roosevelt's last VP, and the position was not filled until Truman was elected for his own term in 1948.

Lyndon Johnson - He had been John Kennedy's VP, and the position was not filled until Johnson was elected for his own term in 1964. Presidents defeated for reelection by their own vice-president John Adams was defeated by his VP, Thomas Jefferson. Vice-Presidents who tried for, but never achieved, the presidency George Clinton - Thomas Jefferson's VP, failed to defeat James Madison in the primary. Richard Johnson - Martin Van Buren's VP, failed to defeat James Polk in the primary. John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, ran as a National Democrat and failed to defeat Abraham Lincoln . Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, ran as a Progressive and failed to defeat Harry Truman. Hubert Humphrey - Lyndon Johnson's VP, failed to defeat Richard Nixon. Walter Mondale - Jimmy Carter's VP, failed to defeat Ronald Reagan. Al Gore - Bill Clinton's VP, lost the presidency to George W. Bush. Vice-Presidents who later joined the Confederacy John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP. Vice-Presidents who changed party affiliation after their terms as VP John Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, was a Democrat and became a Whig.

John Breckenridge - James Buchanan's VP, was a Democrat and became a National Democrat. Henry Wallace - Franklin Roosevelt's VP, was a Democrat and became a Progessive. Vice-Presidents who resigned as VP John Calhoun - Andrew Jackson's VP, resigned in 1832 to accept election to the Senate. Spiro Agnew - Richard Nixon's VP, resigned in 1973 to avoid criminal prosecution. Miscellaneous Presidential Lists Presidents who killed people outside of war (or who were accused thereof) George Washington - accused of murdering a French ambassador during peacetime. Andrew Jackson - killed a man in a duel Presidents who had extramarital affairs Thomas Jefferson

Question: Who is the only U.S. President to have been divorced?
Answer: RONALD REAGAN