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Thomas F. Ford
Thomas Francis Ford (February 18, 1873 – December 26, 1958) of California was a member of the U.S. Congress, an editor, a specialist in international trade and the only person ever sent to the Los Angeles City Council by a write-in vote.
==Biography==
Ford was born on February 18, 1873, in Saint Louis, Missouri, the son of Thomas Ford and Ellen Ferris. He went to public and private schools in Saint Louis and in Toledo, Ohio, and studied law in that city. He was with the U.S. Post Office Department after 1896 and then moved westward in 1900 to work on newspapers in Idaho and Washington, before arriving in Los Angeles in 1904. Cole traveled extensively in Europe between 1909 and 1913, where he wrote newspaper feature articles on foreign trade. On June 21, 1911, he was married in Los Angeles to Lillian Cope Cummings, with whom he wrote a book, ''The Foreign Trade of the United States,'' published in 1920. Between 1913 and 1918 he was the West Coast correspondent for the ''Washington Post,'' and on January 1, 1919, he became the literary editor of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' where he also edited the rotogravure section. He was a lecturer on international trade at the University of Southern California in 1920–21. In the 1930s he was living at 940 North Benton Way, Los Angeles.〔(Location of the Ford home in the 1930s on ''Mapping L.A.'' )〕〔(''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' )〕〔(Los Angeles Public Library reference file )〕〔("Thomas Ford, Former Congressman, Dies," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 27, 1958, page B-1 )〕
Ford died on December 26, 1958, in his home at 1705 Spruce Street, South Pasadena,〔(Location of the Ford home in 1958 on ''Mapping L.A.'' )〕 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.〔
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