Actually, President Gerald Ford was not elected; he assumed the presidency in August 1974 after Richard Nixon's resignation due to the Watergate scandal. Ford was Nixon's vice president and became the first president in U.S. history to take office without being elected to the position. He later ran for a full term in the 1976 election but was defeated by Jimmy Carter. Ford's presidency was marked by efforts to heal the nation after the turmoil of Watergate.
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