Gerald Ford Bronze Statue Unveiled At U.S. Capitol
A bronze statue of President Gerald Ford has a new home in the U.S. Capitol.
House and Senate leaders dedicated the statue of the 38th president Tuesday. Ford was remembered as a man of integrity who helped the nation heal following the Watergate scandal.
House Speaker John Boehner called Ford “the most uncommon of common men.”
Ford is the only president in America’s history who was not elected either president or vice president. He represented western Michigan in Congress before President Richard Nixon chose him to serve as vice president.
Ford became president when Nixon resigned in 1974 during the Watergate scandal.
Ford died in 2006 at the age of 93 in Rancho Mirage. Three of Ford’s children attended the ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
