Electoral history of Gerald Ford

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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 Republican primary election, 1948^[1]
* denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford	23,632	62.23%
	Republican	Bartel J. Jonkman*	14,341	37.77%

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1948^[2]
	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%

1950

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1950^[3]
* denotes incumbent
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	72,829	66.74%
Democratic	James H. McLaughlin	35,927	32.92%
Prohibition	Ella Fruin	376	0.35%

1952

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1952^[4]
* denotes incumbent
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	109,807	66.26%
Democratic	Vincent E. O’Neill	55,147	33.28%
Prohibition	Ella Fruin	617	0.37%
Progressive	William Glenn	146	0.09%

1954

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1954^[5]
* denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	81,702	63.26 %
	Democratic	Robert S. McAllister	47,453	36.74%

1956

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1956^[6]
* denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	120,349	67.14%
	Democratic	George E. Clay	58,899	32.86%

1958

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1958^[7]
* denotes incumbent
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	88,156	63.64%
Democratic	Richard Vander Veen	50,203	36.24%
Prohibition	Bernard Elve	156	0.11%

1960

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1960^[8]
* denotes incumbent
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	131,461	66.84%
Democratic	William G. Reamon	65,064	33.08%
Prohibition	LeRoy A. Robert	115	0.06%
Socialist Labor	Donald Teets	54	0.03%

1962

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1962^[9]
* denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	110,043	67.04%
	Democratic	William G. Reamon	54,112	32.96%

1964

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1964^[10]
* denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	101,810	61.22%
	Democratic	William G. Reamon	64,488	38.78%

1966

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1966^[11]
* denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	87,914	68.39%
	Democratic	James M. Catchick	40,629	31.61%

1968

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1968^[12]
* denotes incumbent
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	105,085	62.75%
Democratic	Lawrence E. Howard	62,219	37.16%
Socialist Labor	Frank Girard	156	0.09%

1970

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1970^[13]
* denotes incumbent
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	88,208	61.36%
Democratic	Jean McKee	55,337	38.50%
Socialist Labor	Frank Girard	120	0.08%
Socialist Workers	Walter M. Kus	87	0.06%

1972

Michigan's 5th congressional district election, 1972^[14]
* denotes incumbent
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gerald Ford*	118,027	61.08%
Democratic	Jean McKee	72,782	37.67%
American Independent	Dwight W. Johnson	2,045	1.06%
Socialist Labor	Frank Girard	235	0.12%
Communist	Alan Lee Maki	140	0.07%

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

1971 election for Speaker – 92nd Congress^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Albert (OK 3)	250	58.68
	Republican	Gerald Ford (MI 5)	176	41.32
Total votes			426	100
Votes necessary			214	>50

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)

1973 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation
November 27, 1973 ^[20]	Party				Total votes

	Democratic	Republican	Conservative	Independent
Yes	51	39	1	1	92
No	3	0	0	0	3

1973 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation
December 6, 1973 ^[21]	Party		Total votes

	Democratic	Republican
Yes	199	188	387
No	35	0	35

Presidential election (1976)

1976 Republican Party presidential primaries^[22] * denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Aggregate votes	%	#W
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	5,529,899	53.29	27
		Ronald Reagan	4,760,222	45.88	24
		Others	44,626	0.43	0
		Unpledged	34,717	0.34	0

1976 Republican presidential nomination^[23] * denotes incumbent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	1,187	52.57
		Ronald Reagan	1,070	47.39
		Elliot Richardson	1	0.04

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)	297
	Republican	Gerald Ford*	Bob Dole	39,148,634 (48.01)	240^[a]
	Independent	Eugene McCarthy	^[b]	744,763 (0.91)	0
	Libertarian	Roger MacBride	David Bergland	172,557 (0.21)	0
	American Independent	Lester Maddox	William Dyke	170,373 (0.21)	0
	American	Thomas J. Anderson	Rufus Shackelford	158,724 (0.19)	0
	Others			313,848 (0.39)	0
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.

References

^ "MI District 05 – R Primary (1948)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1948)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1950)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1952)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1954)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1956)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1958)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1960)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1962)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1964)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1966)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1968)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1970)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "MI District 05 (1972)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "111 Cong. Rec. 17 (1965)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
^ "113 Cong. Rec. 12 (1967)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
^ "115 Cong. Rec. 13 (1969)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
^ "117 Cong. Rec. 10 (1971)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
^ "119 Cong. Rec. 12 (1973)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
^ "To advise and consent to the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President of the U.S." govtrack.us. U.S. Senate–November 27, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
^ "To pass H.Res. 735, confirming the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President". govtrack.us. U.S. House of Representatives–December 6, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
^ Troy, Gil; Schlesinger, Arthur M.; Israel, Fred L. (2012). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2008. Vol. 3 (4 ed.). New York, New York: Facts on File. p. 1386. ISBN 978-0-8160-8220-9.
^ "US President – R Convention (1976)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[25] One faithless elector in the state of Washington cast his electoral vote for Ronald Reagan (president) and Robert Dole (vice president).

[26] The running mate of Eugene McCarthy varied from state to state.

[1] "MI District 05 – R Primary (1948)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[2] "MI District 05 (1948)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[3] "MI District 05 (1950)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[4] "MI District 05 (1952)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[5] "MI District 05 (1954)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[6] "MI District 05 (1956)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[7] "MI District 05 (1958)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[8] "MI District 05 (1960)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[9] "MI District 05 (1962)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[10] "MI District 05 (1964)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[11] "MI District 05 (1966)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[12] "MI District 05 (1968)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[13] "MI District 05 (1970)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[14] "MI District 05 (1972)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[15] "111 Cong. Rec. 17 (1965)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

[16] "113 Cong. Rec. 12 (1967)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

[17] "115 Cong. Rec. 13 (1969)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

[18] "117 Cong. Rec. 10 (1971)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

[19] "119 Cong. Rec. 12 (1973)" (PDF). Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

[20] "To advise and consent to the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President of the U.S." govtrack.us. U.S. Senate–November 27, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[21] "To pass H.Res. 735, confirming the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President". govtrack.us. U.S. House of Representatives–December 6, 1973. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

[22] Troy, Gil; Schlesinger, Arthur M.; Israel, Fred L. (2012). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2008. Vol. 3 (4 ed.). New York, New York: Facts on File. p. 1386. ISBN 978-0-8160-8220-9.

[23] "US President – R Convention (1976)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

[24] "1976 Presidential General Election Results". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

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v t e Gerald Ford
38th President of the United States (1974–1977) 40th Vice President of the United States (1973–1974) U.S. Representative for MI–5 (1949–1973)
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Life	Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Gardens President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home Gerald R. Ford Jr. House Warren Commission Confirmation as Vice President AEI World Forum Death and state funeral Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Elections	United States House of Representatives elections 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1976 presidential election Carter transition Republican Party presidential primaries 1976 1980 1976 Republican National Convention 1976 1980
Cultural depictions	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (1978) Dynasty (1981) The Betty Ford Story (1987) Assassins (1990) "Two Bad Neighbors" (1996) Saturday Night Live parodies The X-Presidents (1997) Presidential Reunion (2010) The Political Machine (2004) The Butler (2013) The First Lady (2022)
Legacy	Gerald R. Ford International Airport Gerald R. Ford Award Ford School of Public Policy Ford House Office Building USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) Gerald R. Ford Freeway U.S. Postage stamps Statue
Family	Charles Henry King (grandfather) Leslie Lynch King Sr. (father) Dorothy Gardner Ford (mother) Gerald Rudolff Ford (stepfather) Thomas Gardner Ford (half-brother) Betty Ford (wife) Michael Gerald Ford (son) John Gardner Ford (son) Steven Meigs Ford (son) Susan Ford Bales (daughter) Liberty (family dog)
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