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Gerald Ford: “I never sought the office, but circumstances put me in the position where I stood in the East Room of the White House.”

On the recordOctober 31, 1976
I never sought the office, but circumstances put me in the position where I stood in the East Room of the White House.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Rally on Arrival at Grand Rapids, Michigan

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