William D. Ford

Infobox Congressman
honorific-prefix =
name = William David Ford
honorific-suffix =


state =Michigan
district =13th Congressional
term_start =January 3 1993
term_end =January 3 1995
preceded =Barbara-Rose Collins
succeeded =Lynn Rivers
state3 =Michigan
district3 =15th Congressional
term_start3 =January 3 1965
term_end3 =January 3 1993
preceded3 =John Dingell, Jr.
succeeded3 =Barbara-Rose Collins
state_senate4 =Michigan
district4 =
term_start4 =1962
term_end4 =1964
preceded4 =
succeeded4 =
birth_date =Birth date|1927|8|6
birth_place =Detroit, Michigan
death_date =death date and age|2004|8|14|1927|8|6
death_place =Ypsilanti Township, Michigan
nationality =USA
party =Democratic
spouse =
relations =
children =
residence =Ypsilanti Township, Michigan
alma_mater =University of Denver
occupation =
profession =Attorney
religion =


website =
footnotes =

William David Ford (August 6 1927 – August 14 2004) was a U.S. Representative from Michigan.

Ford was born in Detroit and attended Henry Ford Trade School, Melvindale High School, Nebraska State Teachers College, and Wayne State University.

He interrupted his studies to serve in the United States Navy during World War II, 1944–1946. He also served in the United States Air Force Reserve from 1950 to 1958.

After the war, he received a B.A. from the University of Denver in 1949, and an LL.D. from that university's College of Law in 1951. He was admitted to the bar in 1951 and practiced law in Taylor, Michigan. He was justice of the peace for Taylor Township, 1955–1957; city attorney for Melvindale, 1957–1959; and attorney for Taylor Township, 1957–1964.

He was a delegate to the Michigan constitutional convention, 1961–1962, which drafted the state constitution adopted in 1963. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate, 1962–1964; member and officer of Michigan's Sixteenth District Democratic Organization, 1952–1964; delegate to Michigan Democratic conventions, 1952–1970, and to the Democratic National Convention in 1968. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives for the 89th and the fourteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1995.

He was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress. He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service in the 97th through 101st Congresses, and of the Committee on Education and Labor in the 102nd and 103rd Congresses.

He died at his home in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan of complications from a stroke and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

References

*CongBio|F000270
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#R9M0IX4EH The Political Graveyard]

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