George Ford | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's13th district | |
| In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin F. Shively |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin F. Shively |
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| Born | (1846-01-11)January 11, 1846 |
| Died | August 30, 1917(1917-08-30) (aged 71) South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Riverview Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
George Ford (January 11, 1846 – August 30, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1885 to 1887.
Born inSouth Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Ford attended the common schools.He engaged in the cooper's trade in early youth.He entered the law department of theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated from that institution in 1869.He was immediatelyadmitted to the bar and commenced practice in South Bend.
He served as prosecuting attorney ofSt. Joseph County in 1873 and 1875–1884.
Ford was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887).He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1886 to theFiftieth Congress.
He became the head of the legal department of an implement concern, but subsequently resumed the private practice of his profession in South Bend.
Ford was elected judge of the superior court of St. Joseph County in 1914.
He died in South Bend, on August 30, 1917.He was interred in Riverview Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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