Former President Gerald Ford has died
Former President Gerald Ford, who became president in 1974 after the resignation of Richard Nixon, died Tuesday at age 93, his wife, Betty Ford, told The Associated Press.
President Ford was the only person to become President that was never elected as any portion of any Presidential ticket. Spiro Agnew was Nixon's VP but was forced to resign after being charged with tax evasion. Ford was nominated as Agnew's replacement in 1973 and ascended into the White House as the nation's 38th President less than a year later when Nixon was forced to resign over Watergate.
I was just a little kid when he was president, but when schools actually taught American history, his pages in our books said he was a very decent president and did a fine job.
Rest in peace Mr. President.
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I was in my mid-teens when he was President, and I had a strange fondness for the man who lacked the grace required of a head of state. But he had the decency... and for that, I loved him.
The bumblers were the least loved - Ford and Carter - but they were the most honest and least political of the whole lot in history. (Except maybe Lincoln, but I'm not sure...) lol
Posted by: lattégirl | December 27, 2006 9:00 PM