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Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) [1] is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from Tennessee's 9th congressional district, centered in Memphis.
The Ford family is a family of African-American politicians from Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. Below is a list of members of the Tennessee-based political family: [1] Newton Ford (1856–1919), who was a well-respected civic leader around the southern section of Shelby County. Newton Ford was elected as a county squire from 1888 to 1900.
Ford and his family have been involved in politics since his great-grandfather Newton Ford (1856–1919), who was a well-respected civic leader around the southern section of Shelby County. Newton Ford was elected as a county squire from 1888 to 1900. N. J. Ford ran for the Tennessee House in 1966 but was not elected. [3]
The Ford family are also members of the Episcopal Church. [ 1 ] Although the Ford family's ownership stake in the automaker had declined to less than 50% of the company's equity as of 2010 [update] , the family retained operational control through a special class of stock that was established early in the company's history and retained when the ...
Six of Ford family patriarch N. J. Ford's sons and one daughter have been active in elective politics: Harold Ford, Sr. was, in 1974, the first African American elected to Congress from Tennessee since Reconstruction. He served until 1997. Harold Ford, Sr. was succeeded by his son, Harold Ford, Jr. Joe Ford has long been involved in local politics.
In the decade since, the Ford Foundation has fully recommitted to its hometown, its sister Ford-family institutions, and surrounding communities, providing nearly $380 million of investment.
In 2006, Avant helped launch the Culture Cabinet, and organized fundraising events for Harold Ford Jr. in Tennessee before becoming the Southern California finance co-chairwoman for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign (along with Charles Rivkin), while her father was fundraising for Hillary Clinton. [4] [3]
Florida executed James Dennis Ford on Thursday for the savage murders of two young parents in front of their toddler daughter in 1997.. Ford, 64, was executed by lethal injection at the Florida ...