Kinstler Portrait - Portrait of President Gerald R. Ford by Everett Raymond Kinstler and presented to the Ford Museum, 303 Pearl Street, N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 20, 1981, by the Wetenhall family. Kinstler painted the official White House portrait of President Ford.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. Earlier, he served as the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, and then as the 40th vice president of the United States from 1973 to 1974. When President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, Ford succeeded to the presidency, but was defeated for election to a full term in 1976.