Electoral history of Gerald Ford explained

Electoral history of Gerald Ford, who served as the 38th president of the United States (1974 - 1977), the 40th vice president (1973 - 1974); and as a United States representative from Michigan (1949 - 1973).

Congressional elections (1948–1972)

1973 U.S. Senate Vice presidential confirmation
^[1]	Party				Total votes

Democratic	Republican	Conservative	Independent
Yes	51	39	1	1	92
No	3	0	0	0	3

1973 U.S. House Vice presidential confirmation
^[2]	Party		Total votes

Democratic	Republican
Yes	199	188	387
No	35	0	35

1976 Republican Party presidential primaries^[3] denotes incumbent
Party	Candidate	Aggregate votes	%	#W
	Republican	Gerald Ford	5,529,899	53.29	27
		4,760,222	45.88	24
	Others	44,626	0.43	0
	Unpledged	34,717	0.34	0

1976 Republican presidential nomination^[4] denotes incumbent
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Ford	1,187	52.57
		1,070	47.39
		1	0.04

1976 United States presidential election^[5] denotes incumbent
Party	Presidential candidate	Vice presidential Candidate	PV(%)	EV
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter	Walter Mondale	40,831,881(50.08)	297
		Gerald Ford		39,148,634(48.01)	240
				744,763(0.91)	0
				172,557(0.21)	0
				170,373(0.21)	0
				158,724(0.19)	0
	Others			313,848 (0.39)	0
Total votes:	81,540,780	538
Votes necessary:	270

Web site: To advise and consent to the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President of the U.S.. govtrack.us. U.S. Senate–November 27, 1973. February 12, 2019.
Web site: To pass H.Res. 735, confirming the nomination of Gerald R. Ford to be Vice-President. govtrack.us. U.S. House of Representatives–December 6, 1973. February 12, 2019.
Book: Troy. Gil. Schlesinger. Arthur M.. Israel. Fred L.. 2012. History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2008. New York, New York. Facts on File. 978-0-8160-8220-9. 3. 4. Gil Troy. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.. 1386.
Web site: US President – R Convention (1976). www.ourcampaigns.com. April 2, 2019.
Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results. uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. April 4, 2019.