On the podium with Gerald Ford after narrowly losing the nomination at the 1976 Republican National Convention. President Gerald Ford, as the Republican nominee, shakes hands with nomination foe Ronald Reagan on the closing night of the Convention at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, August 19, 1976. Vice-Presidential Candidate Bob Dole is on the far left, then Nancy Reagan, Governor Ronald Reagan is at the center shaking hands with President Gerald Ford, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller is just to the right of Ford, followed by Susan Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.