Ford and Carter Administration

Historian John Robert Greene (Ford)

• Cazenovia College (Miller Center)

Historian James Cannon (Ford)

• Book: Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life (2013)

Ford’s Vice President

• Nelson Rockefeller

Administration Donald Rumsfeld (Ford)

• Ambassador to NATO

• Secretary of Defense

Administration Henry Kissinger (Ford)

• National Security Adviser

• Secretary of State

Historian George Gaddis Smith (Carter)

• Yale University

• Book: Morality, Reason and Power: American Diplomacy in the Carter Years

Historian Stuart Eizenstat (Carter)

• Book: President Carter: The White House Years

Historian Robert A. Strong (Carter)

• Washington and Lee University (Miller Center)

Historian Jonathon Alter (Carter)

• Book: His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life (2020)

Carter’s Vice President

• Walter Mondale

Administration Burt Lance (Carter)

• Budget Director (Lance Affairs)

• Was Key Advisor but left the administration early in to term (1977)

Administration Cyrus Vance (Carter)

• Secretary of State

Administration Zbigniew Brzezinski (Carter)

• National Security Adviser

Administration Jody Powel (Carter)

• Press Secretary and Adviser

Administration Hamilton Jordan (Carter)

• De Facto Chief of Staff

1976 Election

• Carter wins over Ford

1980 Election

• Carter loses to Reagan