What was US President Gerald Rudolph Ford's birth name?
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., was born Leslie Lynch King Jr., on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Dorothy Ayer Gardner King and Leslie Lynch King, Sr., separated when the younger King was only 16 days old. In 1916 his mother married Gerald Rudolff Ford and they called her son Gerald Rudolff Ford, Jr. The future President of the United States was never formally adopted, and did not legally change his name until December 3, 1935; he also used a more conventional spelling of "his" middle name. Umm... President King?👑
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Ken Putnam
John R. Williams,
Citation please
teacherchicky
Strange story for how a president, who was never elected, didn't really have a father or a name of his own until he was 22 and old enough to do it for himself! There were also two assassination attempts made on President Ford during his short term in office; makes me wonder whether he should have accepted Nixon's offer! 😂
Merri Sillery
Morty Katz, source?
Merri Sillery
John R. Williams, source?
Joseph A. Robitaille
A miss. I picked the wrong also.
Richard D. Boyle
Knew it was King...picked the wrong one.
Johnny Rock
A case of the odd one out here.
John R. Williams
the internet disagrees with your answer look it up
John W Shreve
The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears wanted him to play for them.