All of this evidence begs the question: Why would any Republican in Michigan who voted for Gerald Ford — or Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush or George W. Bush, Sens. John McCain or Mitt Romney ...

Ronald Reagan, trailing President Gerald Ford in delegates leading up to the 1976 Republican National Convention, decided to make a high-risk move in his quest for the presidential nomination: He ...

In 1980, as Ronald Reagan was preparing for a Republican nomination, his team thought Midwesterner Ford would be appealing to voters who felt distanced by Reagan’s West Coast presence.

Former President Gerald Ford shares the spotlight with Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates Ronald Reagan and George Bush after their acceptance speeches to the Republican ...

For a while it looked like Ronald Reagan might pick former president Gerald Ford as a running mate. Rumors ran wild, but in the end the “dream ticket” never happened. Today, though, that ...

Then came the word from California: Former Gov. Ronald Reagan was going to challenge Ford for the Republican nomination, and Reagan ultimately came within a whisper of making Ford the first ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy offered a dire warning for the United States on Thursday that the "hostile, ...

One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate. By Adam Clymer and Peter Baker Adam ...

Despite their rivalry, Carter and Ford went on to form a bond that started during a 1981 traveling assignment under President ...

It’s a story about Ronald Reagan, who was 72 in the spring of 1983, ... Republican president, Gerald Ford, for the GOP nomination had come agonizingly close to success.

Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States, taking office in 1981. The Tampico, Illinois, native was married to actress Jane Wyman from 1940 to 1949, according to History online ...

Former President Gerald Ford shares the spotlight with Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates Ronald Reagan and George Bush after their acceptance speeches to the Republican ...