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John Ford House
Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
SpeakerSamuel J. Randall
Preceded byHiester Clymer
Succeeded byGeorge W. Geddes (1883)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byWashington C. Whitthorne
Succeeded byAndrew J. Caldwell
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office
1853
Personal details
Born(1827-01-09)January 9, 1827
Williamson County, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 1904(1904-06-28) (aged 77)
Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJulia Franklin Beech House
Alma materTransylvania University Lebanon Law School
ProfessionLawyer, politician

John Ford House (January 9, 1827 – June 28, 1904) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 6th congressional district.

Biography

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House was[1] born on January 9, 1827, near Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. He attended the local academy and the Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated with a law degree from Cumberland University in 1850, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Franklin, Tennessee.

Career

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House moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee, and was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1853 and a presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860. He was a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy from Tennessee. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army and served until paroled in Columbus, Mississippi, in June 1865. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868. He was a member of the Tennessee state constitutional convention in 1870.[2]

Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress and the three succeeding Congresses, House served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1883.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882, and resumed the practice of law.

Death

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House died in Clarksville, Tennessee, on June 28, 1904 (age 77 years, 171 days). He is interred at Greenwood Cemetery.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "John Ford House". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  2. ^ "John Ford House". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  3. ^ "John Ford House". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  4. ^ "John Ford House". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
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Confederate States House of Representatives
Preceded by
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Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from Tennessee
1861
Succeeded by
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 6th congressional district

1875–1883
Succeeded by