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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGeorge FORD
(1846-1917)
FORD, George, a
Representative from Indiana; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County,
Ind., January 11, 1846; attended the common schools; engaged in the
cooper’s trade in early youth; entered the law department of
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated from
that institution in 1869; was immediately admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in South Bend, Ind.; prosecuting attorney of St.
Joseph County in 1873 and 1875-1884; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); declined to be
a candidate for reelection in 1866 to the Fiftieth Congress; became
the head of the legal department of an implement concern, but
subsequently resumed the private practice of his profession in
South Bend, Ind.; elected judge of the superior court of St. Joseph
County in 1914; died in South Bend, Ind., on August 30, 1917;
interment in Riverview Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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