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The Republican nominees for the White House celebrate at the Republican National Convention in Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri, August 19, 1976. Pictured are, front row from third left, politician and sitting US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, politician (and Vice Presidential nominee) Bob Dole, politician and sitting US President Gerald Ford (1913 - 2006), and his wife, US First Lady Betty Ford (1918 - 2011). (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)