Jerald terHorst

Jerald Franklin terHorst (July 11, 1922 – March 31, 2010) was an American journalist who served as the 14th White House Press Secretary during the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency. His resignation in protest of Ford's unconditional pardon of former president Richard Nixon is still regarded as a rare act of conscience by a high-ranking public official.

Infobox

President

Gerald Ford

Preceded by

Ron Ziegler

Succeeded by

Ron Nessen

Born

Jerald Franklin Terhorst(1922-07-11)July 11, 1922Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.

Died

March 31, 2010(2010-03-31) (aged 87)Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.

Political party

Republican

Spouse

mw- Louise Roth (m. 1945; died 2009)

Education

Michigan State UniversityUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA)

Allegiance

United States

Branch/service

United States Marine Corps

Years of service

1943–1946

Battles/wars

World War II

Party

Republican

Tables

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Preceded byRon Ziegler

Political offices

Preceded byRon Ziegler

Political offices

White House Press Secretary 1974

Political offices

Succeeded byRon Nessen

Political offices
Preceded byRon Ziegler	White House Press Secretary 1974	Succeeded byRon Nessen

References

Obituary, Washington Post, April 2, 2010.
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/us/02terhorst.html
"The Assassination: The Reporters' Story" by the editors of the Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/fiftieth_anniversary/the_assassination_the_reporter.php
Dominic Sandbrook, Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right (New York City: Alfred A. Kno
Salon.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20110605073646/http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/02/integrity/index.html
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/us/politics/17albertazzie.html
"President Ford's Pardon of Richard Nixon, Duquesne University School of Law Panel Discussion" C-SPAN Video Library, Nov
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/FordsP