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Gerald Ford
Pre-vice presidency
U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th 400th Vice President of the United States
38th President of the United States
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Post-presidency
Electoral history of Gerald Ford , who served as the 38th president of the United States (1974–1977), the 40th vice president (1973–1974); and as a United States representative from Michigan (1949–1973).
Congressional elections (1948–1972)
1948 Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1948 [ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Gerald Ford 74,191 60.51% Democratic Fred J. Barr, Jr. 46,972 38.31% Prohibition William H. Barlette 853 0.70% Progressive Theodore Theodore 504 0.41% Socialist Eugene Ten Brink, Jr. 93 0.08%
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Speaker of the House elections (1965–1973)
1965 1965 election for Speaker – 89th Congress [ 15] * denotes incumbent Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John McCormack * (MA 9 ) 289 67.52 Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5 ) 139 32.48 Total votes 428 100 Votes necessary 215 >50
1967 1967 election for Speaker – 90th Congress [ 16] * denotes incumbent Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John McCormack * (MA 9 ) 246 56.94 Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5 ) 186 43.06 Total votes 432 100 Votes necessary 217 >50
1969 1969 election for Speaker – 91st Congress [ 17] * denotes incumbent Party Candidate Votes % Democratic John McCormack * (MA 9 ) 241 56.31 Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5 ) 187 43.69 Total votes 428 100 Votes necessary 215 >50
1971
1973 1973 election for Speaker – 93rd Congress [ 19] * denotes incumbent Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Carl Albert * (OK 3 ) 236 55.66 Republican Gerald Ford (MI 5 ) 188 44.34 Total votes 424 100 Votes necessary 213 >50
Vice presidential confirmation (1973)
Presidential election (1976) 1976 United States presidential election [ 24] * denotes incumbent Party Presidential candidate Vice presidential Candidate PV (%) EV Democratic Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale 40,831,881 (50.08) 2970 Republican Gerald Ford * Bob Dole 39,148,634 (48.01) 240[ a] Independent Eugene McCarthy [ b] 744,763 (0.91) 00 Libertarian Roger MacBride David Bergland 172,557 (0.21) 00 American Independent Lester Maddox William Dyke 170,373 (0.21) 00 American Thomas J. Anderson Rufus Shackelford 158,724 (0.19) 00 Others 313,848 (0.39) 00 Total votes: 81,540,780 538 Votes necessary: 270
Notes ^ One faithless elector in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president). ^ The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.
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