Gerald and Betty Ford

Object Details

Artist: David Hume Kennerly, born 1947
Sitter: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., 14 Jul 1913 - 26 Dec 2006; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford, 8 Apr 1918 - 8 Jul 2011

Exhibition Label: The original Constitution contains no stipulation for replacing a vice president, and in the case of the "Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President," Congress determined the order of succession. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1967) declared that if there were no vice president, the president would nominate, and a majority vote by both houses of Congress would confirm, a new vice president.; Gerald Ford had been a friend and supporter of Richard Nixon since the two had entered Congress, and they were both members of the Chowder and Marching Club, a conservative strategy group. Nixon had first offered Ford the vice presidential spot in 1968. After Spiro Agnew resigned, Nixon nominated Ford, who was confirmed by the House, 387-35, and the Senate, 92-3. Ford was sworn in as the fortieth vice president of the United States on December 6, 1973.

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

1973

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Sight: 24.2 x 19.1cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2"); Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")

National Portrait Gallery

Topic: Interior; Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone; Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States; Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie\Necktie; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford: Female; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford: Performing Arts\Performer\Dancer; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Humanitarian; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford: Congressional Gold Medal; Elizabeth "Betty" Ford: Society and Social Change\Founder\Health & Medicine; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Male; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Military\Navy\Officer; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Education\Educator\Teacher; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Politics and Government\President of US; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Michigan; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.: Congressional Gold Medal; Portrait

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