President Gerald Ford, right, and Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of three Ford-Carter debates on Sept. 23, 1976.

In 1976, President Gerald Ford, who’d challenged Jimmy Carter to a televised debate, was figuratively knocked out — by his own punch.

Carter beat Ford by 1.7 million popular votes, but the Electoral College couldn’t have been closer. Students register to vote on Election Day in 1976 in Wisconsin. ...

Steve Ford gave his father’s posthumous elegy for Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral. “I’m looking forward to our reunion,” the 38th president wrote. “We have much to catch up ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- In 25 years of interviews with his hometown paper that could be released only after his death, former president Gerald R. Ford expressed mixed opinions of Jimmy Carter, once ...

President Jimmy Carter and Sen. Edward Kennedy shake hands at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 14, 1980. Kennedy, who had been the president’s rival in the quest for ...

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals.

As Gerald Ford’s chief White House photographer, David Hume Kennerly was able to get exclusive access to many scenes from Jimmy Carter’s presidential transition.

Carter and Ford, like Clinton, W. Bush and Obama, adhered to the philosophy of retreating from day-to-day politics after leaving the White House. Trump, so far the anomaly, ...

But, given that Ford—who died in 2006—was 11 years older than Carter, he previously tapped his son Steven Ford to read the eulogy on his behalf—a promise Steven fulfilled during the Jan. 9 ...

Gerald Ford's son, Steven Ford, eulogizes Jimmy Carter 14:43 (CBS DETROIT) — The son of the late President Gerald Ford delivered a posthumous eulogy that his father wrote to deliver at the ...