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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeHarold Eugene FORD
(1945- )
FORD, Harold Eugene,
(father of Harold Ford, Jr.), a Representative from Tennessee; born
in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., May 20, 1945; graduated from
Geeter High School, Memphis, Tenn. 1963; B.S., Tennessee State
University, Nashville, Tenn., 1967; graduate work, Tennessee State
University, 1968; A.A., mortuary science, John Gupton College,
1969; M.B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1982; worked as
a mortician; member of the Tennessee state house of
representatives, 1971-1974; delegate to Tennessee State Democratic
convention, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1972,
1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996; elected as a Democrat to
the Ninety-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1975-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate to the One Hundred Fifth
Congress in 1996; chairman, Select Committee on Aging (One Hundred
Second and One Hundred Third Congresses).
Bibliography
”Harold Eugene Ford, Sr.” in Black Americans in
Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the direction of the
Committee on House Administration by the Office of History &
Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 2008.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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