From the archives: Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, from rivals to friends 09:54. In their first debate, the sound system failed and they stood frozen at their lecterns for 27 minutes, not saying a ...

In the end, Ford could not overcome his pardon of Nixon and a basic throw-the-bums-out, anti-incumbency mood among voters. Ford narrowly lost to Carter on Election Day with just 3 percentage ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When news broke Sunday that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had passed away at the age of 100, it drew renewed attention to many of Carter's past labels and ...

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.

Ford and Carter had a heated presidential race back in ’76. However, after Carter won, the two formed a friendship. Their bond was so strong that the former presidents asked each other to speak ...

With only 8 minutes to go in the 90-minute telecast, a technical glitch knocked off the sound, rendering the pool feed mute. Not knowing when it would be restored, Ford and Carter just stood at ...

President-elect Jimmy Carter, center, receives a tour of President Gerald Ford’s private office next to the White House Oval Office in November 1976.

Ford went on to relate the relationship between former Presidents Carter and Ford, a Democrat and a Republican, respectively, to the relationship between the Democratic and Republican Parties today.