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Ford is the most recent President who did not complete a full four-year term, and the most recent to have a Vice President who failed to do so.[[note]]Ford himself, of course, is ''also'' a Vice President who failed to complete a full four-year term, and the only one who neither began nor ended his term as scheduled.[[/note]] Every President and Vice President since have completed their four-year terms without resignation, conviction and removal from office, or death.
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* Remarking upon UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's resignation that "the long national nightmare is over", then granting Tricky Dick a pardon for anything he may have done--probably his most unpopular action. Ford, by his own account, did so for reasons both idealistic (hoping that the pardon would heal public divisions caused by Watergate) and pragmatic (fearing that dragged-out investigations and legal battles involving Nixon would overwhelm his administration).[[note]]Ford was also (by all accounts falsely) accused by political opponents of making a "corrupt bargain" to pardon Nixon in exchange for becoming President.[[/note]] Ford himself seemed to agree that he made a mistake, as he reportedly told a golf buddy during a discussion about Heaven and Hell: [[ImGoingToHellForThis "I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon."]]
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* Remarking upon UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's resignation that "the long national nightmare is over", then granting Tricky Dick a pardon for anything he may have done--probably his most unpopular action. Ford, by his own account, did so for reasons both idealistic (hoping that the pardon would heal public divisions caused by Watergate) and pragmatic (fearing that dragged-out investigations and legal battles involving Nixon would overwhelm his administration).[[note]]Ford was also (by all accounts falsely) accused by political opponents of making a "corrupt bargain" to pardon Nixon in exchange for becoming President. For his part, Ford had initially told Nixon that he would only get the pardon if he publicly admitted to and apologized for his misdeeds over Watergate; Nixon refused, and Ford eventually backed down, with him later admitting he should have stood his ground.[[/note]] Ford himself seemed to agree that he made a mistake, as he reportedly told a golf buddy during a discussion about Heaven and Hell: [[ImGoingToHellForThis "I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon."]]
