... and entered most of the 30 presidential primaries. He chose Minnesota senator Walter Mondale to be his running mate against incumbent president Gerald R. Ford. Jimmy Carter won the popular vote by 40,827,394 (50.1%) to 39,145,977 (48%) for Ford and the electoral vote by 297 to 240. Jimmy Carter was inaugurated on January 20, 1977 and immediately began to take ... ...
... to get the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. He was defeated by Richard Nixon who became president. Reagan also tried to win the presidential nomination again in 1976 but lost to Gerald Ford. When Reagan became president he started out in a recession. Eleven percent of the work force was unemployed in fall, 1982. This recession reduced inflation significantly, but the interest rates remained ... ...
... taught and the University of Ghana. In the 1960's, at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ms. Angelou became the coordinator of the Southern Christian leadership Conference. President Gerald Ford, to the Bicentennial Commission appointed her, and by President Jimmy Carter the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. Maya Angelou was among the first African-American women ... ...
