This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 84%. (I'm a bot)
> Gerald R. Ford became President not because he was popular with the American public, not because he campaigned for the job, but because of his character.
> Dorothy Gardner Ford was a strong and resourceful woman whose own character was tested at the age of twenty.
> In choosing Ford, both Albert and Mansfield believed they were selecting the next president, and that Ford had the experience, the qualities of leadership, and the character to serve as President....... On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that Nixon must give up the White House tapes.
> Nixon made his decision: he would send General Haig, his chief of staff, to see Vice President Ford and suggest that he would resign as President if Ford would agree in advance to pardon him.
> So Ford called Haig and told him no deal.... On Sunday, September 8-just one month after he became President-President Ford granted a pardon to Richard Nixon for all the crimes he committed while he was President.
> With his usual directness, Ford decided the best way to handle the problem was for him to go up to the House, testify, and spell it out.... Ford did testify before Congress, as no president had ever done before.
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