Early Life. Gerald R. Ford Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska, but kept neither his name nor his hometown for long. In just weeks, he was whisked away by his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, to her parents' home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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feckless adjective Careless and irresponsible: âpolitical prestidigitation designed to distract public attention from his feckless flouting of basic ethical principlesâ ( Doug Ireland) Feeble or ineffective: âPickering's life was routinely threatened, and one feckless attempt had already been made to kidnap or kill himâ ( Garry Wills) Origin of feckless