JF terHorst, President Gerald Ford's first presidential press secretary, died on Wednesday. He might have had the shortest tenure of any press secretary ever because he resigned a short month after being appointed, citing his objection to the pardon of President Richard Nixon.
“I cannot in good conscience support your decision to pardon former President Nixon even before he has been charged with the commission of any crime,” terHorst wrote in his resignation letter, quoted in The New York Times.
“As ...