PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD - BOOK SIGNED CIRCA 1990 CO-SIGNED BY: ROBERT J. "BOB" DOLE - HFSID 253562

GERALD FORD and BOB DOLE
The former President and Presidential candidate sign a history of the nation's Presidents.
Book signed: "Gerald R. Ford", "Bob Dole/U.S.S.", 144p, 9½x10¾. The Presidents, by Bill Harris. Godalming, Surrey, England: Anchor Publishing, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed on half title page. Concise biographies, with many photographs and illustrations, of the Presidents from George Washington to George H. W. Bush. A former All-American football player at the University of Michigan and a Navy veteran of World War II, GERALD R. FORD (1913-2006) represented Michigan in the U.S. Congress (1949-1973), serving as Minority Leader (1965-1973). Following the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew in 1973, Ford became the first person nominated by the President and confirmed by vote of both Houses of Congress as Vice President under the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Following President Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, Vice President Ford became 38th President of the United States. Nominated by the Republican Party for a full term in 1976, Ford was narrowly defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter. Ford lived longer than any other former President. ROBERT JOSEPH "BOB" DOLE (1923-2021) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1961-1969 and U.S. Senator from 1969-1996. He was candidate for Vice President in 1976, a Presidential candidate in 1988 and the Republican Presidential nominee in 1996. A decorated veteran of WWII, Dole was appointed in 2007 to co-chair a committee to investigate problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. His wife, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, was elected U.S. Senator from North Carolina in 2002.  Dust cover lightly creased and slightly frayed at edges. Otherwise, fine condition.