At the 30th anniversary of the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum, James Baker talked about former President Gerald Ford's leadership style and policies. Former Secretary of State James Baker served as President Ford's undersecretary of Commerce. He was also White House Chief of Staff in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations.

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Gerald Ford's presidency is explored through a discussion with one of his Commerce Department undersecretaries: James Baker. Ford served as the 38th president from the years of 1973 - 74 and was the only unelected person to serve in the office. Ford became Vice President after Spirow Agnew resigned during the Watergate scandal. After Nixon's resignation, Ford served the remainder of the term.

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Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. 

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Here’s a discussion about President Gerald Ford’s pardon of President Nixon. It happened in September, 1974 -- one month after Nixon resigned the presidency. The event is hosted by Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  

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Richard Nixon resigned the presidency on August 9th, 1974.  Later that day, Gerald Ford took the oath of office and assumed the presidency. Three days after becoming president, Gerald Ford delivered an address to a Joint Session of Congress. The address is shown courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.

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Former President Ford’s brother, Richard, and his son, Steven, shared their memories of youth and family life with the man who would become Vice President and President without having been elected to either position. The event was hosted by the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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In this program from our 1999 "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series we focused on James Garfield's life and career. Historians discussed Garfield's military service, his election as president and assassination shortly after his inauguration. Suzanne Miller, the site manager at Garfield's home in Mentor, Ohio, talked about several of the artifacts and documents that Garfield left behind. 

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C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of May 18-20 we feature the history of Columbia, South Carolina.

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Thousands of colonists rejected the War for American Independence and many fled to the British stronghold of New York City. San Jose State University History Professor Ruma Chopra discusses the situation in the city and the perspective of those who looked upon the British as natural allies in religion, language and blood and thought the violence of rebellion was unnecessary and unlawful.

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American History TV visited San Francisco’s Chinatown to follow historian Charlie Chin as he tells the story of the Chinese in America to a group of college students. This is part one of a three-part series on San Francisco’s Chinatown. This portion of the series was recorded in the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum.
 

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