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Gerald R. Ford Sworn in as President

Photographer
Charles Moore
Date of Work
August 9, 1974
Type
Photograph
Credit
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
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Gerald R. Ford Sworn in as President

This photograph is of Gerald R. Ford being sworn in as the 38th president of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger in the White House East Room on August 9, 1974. Ford had been confirmed as vice president in 1973 following Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's resignation. Ford would ascend to the presidency after President Richard M. Nixon resigned from office in the wake of the Watergate scandal.