Thomas F. Ford

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Thomas Francis Ford (born February 18, 1873 in St. Louis , Missouri , †  December 26, 1958 in South Pasadena , California) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1945 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Ford attended both public and private schools. Between 1896 and 1903 he worked for the United States Postal Service . He then studied law in Toledo ( Ohio ). Between 1913 and 1919 he worked in the states of Washington , Idaho and California as well as in the federal capital Washington, DC in the newspaper business. From 1919 to 1929 he was also active in this field in Los Angeles . In 1920 and 1921 he held at the University of Southern CaliforniaLectures on international trade. Between 1920 and 1931, in addition to his journalistic activities, he was also head of the public relations department at the water and electricity supply authority of the city of Los Angeles. From 1931 to 1933 he was also a member of the city ​​council . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1932 congressional election , Ford was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the then newly established 14th  constituency of California, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1945 . Between 1933 and 1941, the New Deal laws of the federal government were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since 1941, the work of Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1944, Thomas Ford decided not to run again. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he managed the real estate he had now acquired. He died in South Pasadena on December 26, 1958.

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