Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, who pardoned his predecessor, Richard Nixon, and sought to restore faith in government after the Watergate scandal three decades ago, died today. He was 93.
I don't have much to add to the various obits that are hitting the 'net now; I was a kid during his brief time as President, and the only thing I remember about his Presidency is his pardon of Nixon.
President Ford is survived by his wife and children.
Arizona ties (and I'm sure that I'll miss some, so feel free to add to the list):
His father, Leslie Lynch King (President Ford changed his name to that of his stepfather) died in Tucson in 1941. (Ford Presidential Library)
In the 1976 Presidential election, he received 418,642 votes in AZ; Jimmy Carter received 295,602. (Historycentral.com)
In 1974, he attended a luncheon in Tubac, AZ with Mexico's then-President, Luis EcheverrÃa Alvarez. (UCSB's The American Presidency Project) More remarks from the same visit here. (same source)
Later!
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