Back توماس فورد (محامي) Arabic توماس فورد ARZ توماس فورد (سیاستچی) AZB Thomas Ford (Gouverneur) German Thomas Ford (político) Spanish Thomas Ford (homme politique) French תומאס פורד HE Thomas Ford (gubernator) Latin Thomas Ford (politiker) Swedish
Thomas Ford | |
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| 8th Governor of Illinois | |
| In office December 8, 1842 – December 9, 1846 | |
| Lieutenant | John Moore |
| Preceded by | Thomas Carlin |
| Succeeded by | Augustus C. French |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 5, 1800 Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | November 3, 1850 (aged 49) Peoria, Illinois, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Frances Hambaugh (m. 1828) |
| Profession | Lawyer, judge |
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Thomas Ford (December 5, 1800 – November 3, 1850) was a lawyer, judge, author and the eighth Governor of Illinois.[1] 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.[2] 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.
- ^ Appleton's Cyclopedia Vol. 3, p. 501
- ^ Robert P. Howard, rev. by Peggy Boyer Long and Mike Lawrence, Mostly Good and Competent Men, 2nd Edition (University of Illinois Press and Illinois State historical Society 1988, ISBN 0938943154 at p. 59
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