Betty Ford | 1974

Betty and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT0000118" title="Gerald Ford" href="/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/gerald-ford-PEPLT0000118.topic">Gerald Ford</a> hug in the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLCUL000110" title="White House" href="/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic">White House</a> in December 1974. During his tenure as president, she would outshine him in the polls. When he ran for reelection in 1976, one of the most popular campaign buttons read "Betty's Husband for President."
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Betty and Gerald Ford hug in the White House in December 1974. During his tenure as president, she would outshine him in the polls. When he ran for reelection in 1976, one of the most popular campaign buttons read "Betty's Husband for President."

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