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John Ford House

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Born: January 9, 1827

Birthplace: Franklin, Tennessee

Father: John House 1784 – 1832

Mother: Margaret S. “Peggy” Warren

Wife: Julia Franklin Beech 1829 – 1900
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee)​

Political Parties: Union Whig and Democrat Parties

Education:


Attended Transylvania University but didn’t graduate​
1850: Graduated from Lebanon Law School​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Franklin Tennessee but soon moved to Clarksville, Tennessee​
1853: Tennessee State Representative​
1860: Supporter of John Bell for President Campaign​
1860: Served as Tennessee Presidential Elector John Bell Campaign​

Civil War Career:
1861: Became a Secessionist after Lincoln’s call for volunteers​
1861: One of the leaders for taking Tennessee out of the Union​
1861 – 1862: Tennessee Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​
1861 – 1862: Refused to sanction the produce loan​
1861 – 1862: Member of House Committee on Finance​
1862: Declined to run for Confederate States Regular Congress​
1862 – 1865: Staff Officer on the Staff of General George Maney​
1865: Paroled by the Union Army in in Columbus, Mississippi in June​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1904: Attorney in Clarksville, Tennessee​
1868: Tennessee Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1870: Delegate to Tennessee State Constitutional Convention​
1875 – 1883: United States Congressman from Tennessee​
1879 – 1881: Chairman of U.S. House Democratic Party Caucus​
1875 – 1883: Member of House Pacific Railroad Committee​
1875 – 1883: Ranking Member of House Reform in Civil Service​
1875 – 1883: Missed 336 votes while serving as U.S. Congressman​

Died: June 18, 1904

Place of Death: Clarksville, Tennessee

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee
 
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