Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon's scandal-shattered White House as the 38th president and the only one never elected to nationwide office, has died. He was 93. Richard Nixon 's scandal-shattered White House as the 38th president and the only one never elected to nationwide office, has died. He was 93.
He died at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, about 130
miles east of Los Angeles, his office said in a statement. No cause of
death was released. Funeral arrangements were to be announced Wednesday.
Ford had this to say on his swearing in at the White House,
"My fellow Americans," he said, "our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule."
And, true to his reputation as unassuming Jerry, he added: "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president by your ballots. So I ask you to confirm me with your prayers."
Michelle Malkin reminds us of the two failed assassination attempts against Ford...
A CNN commentator says President Ford will be buried at the Ford library and museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan after funeral/memorial services in California, D.C., and lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
