Interestingly enough, however, Gerald Ford, a Republican from Michigan who became president 50 years ago Friday, offered some thoughts after he left office about women winning the White House.

During a Aug. 9, 1974, ceremony at the White House, Vice President Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office.

Interestingly enough, however, Gerald Ford, a Republican from Michigan who became president 50 years ago Friday, offered some thoughts after he left office about women winning the White House.

Video of Ford’s 1989 prediction that a female president wouldn’t happen “in the normal course of events” is surfacing as Kamala Harris is the likely Democratic nominee.

During a Aug. 9, 1974, ceremony at the White House, Vice President Gerald R. Ford — who had been a long-time U.S. representative from Michigan's 5th district — took the oath of office.

Ford was the 38 th president, serving from 1974 to 1977 after the resignation of President Richard Nixon. He is the only president born in Nebraska, and died in 2006. Ford Bales is his only daughter.

Voters will decide in November whether to elect a woman president for the first time. Does it matter? Hillary Clinton, the first female nominee of a major U.S. political party, lost in 2016 to Donald ...

During a Aug. 9, 1974, ceremony at the White House, Vice President Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office.

Interestingly enough, however, Gerald Ford, a Republican from Michigan who became president 50 years ago Friday, offered some thoughts after he left office about women winning the White House.