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Thomas Ford

American judge

Born on: December 5, 1800
Died on: November 3, 1850
Aged: 49 years 333 days (598 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United states
Birth Sign: Sagittarius

 

Thomas Ford

Thomas Ford was a lawyer, judge, author and the eighth governor of Illinois. The first Illinois governor to be raised in the state, he served from 1842 to 1846 and became known for restoring the state's solvency and reducing geographic sectionalism, as well as for leading the legislature despite his lack of prior political experience.

A lifelong Democrat, Ford is also remembered for anti-Mormon sentiments and vacillation which led to the death of Joseph Smith, and the subsequent Illinois Mormon War of 1844–1845.


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