The Vice President Who Defended Reagan's Policies

Reagan's camp had an offbeat choice to fill out the ticket: former President Ford. By having Ford run for the vice presidency, the Republicans ... Former President George W. Bush sat in front of former Vice President Al Gore, who got more votes than Bush in 2000 but had to accept electoral ... In 1974, when Vice President Gerald Ford became president in the wake of Richard Nixon's resignation, Ford passed over Bush, regarded by many ... President ... president, the vice president shall become president. January 20, 1973 ... Four years later, when Carter fell to Ronald Reagan, the Georgia Democrat ... Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the November election for president ... Carter won on Nov. 2, 1976, by 297 electoral votes to 241 for Ford. Carter lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election. When did Ronald Reagan ... Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative Republicanism, his fervent anticommunism, and his appealing ... Ronald Reagan selected George H.W. Bush as his vice president. Bush was the director of the CIA and brought foreign policy experience to Reagan's experience as ... Rosen: It was tense. And he was with Vice President [Walter] Mondale and Secretary of State [Edmund] Muskie. But he had the courage, I thought, ... In fact, Reagan's conservative challenge to Ford had prompted the president to dump his own liberal vice president, Nelson Rockefeller, as his ' ...