Seabury Ford

Seabury Ford
Seabury Ford
	Franklin T. Backus
Personal details
Born	October 15, 1801; Cheshire, Connecticut
Died	May 8, 1855 (aged 53); Burton, Ohio
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Harriet E. Cook
Alma mater	Yale University

Seabury Ford (October 15, 1801 – May 8, 1855) was a

governor of Ohio

and was the last Whig to serve as governor.

Early life

Ford was born in Cheshire, Connecticut and moved to Burton, Ohio with his parents in 1804. He studied at Burton Academy, and then graduated from Yale University.^[1] While at Yale, he was elected by his classmates as class "bully", a term of honor for the physically strongest man in the class.^[2]

Career

Ford graduated from Yale in 1825, returned to Ohio, and

Peter Hitchcock. He commenced the practice of law in 1827.^[3]^[4] While practicing law, Ford became involved in the state militia and was promoted to the rank of major general.^[5] Ford married Harriet E. Cook of Burton in 1828.^[3]

In 1835, Ford was elected to the

Ohio State Senate.^[4]

After serving in the General Assembly, Ford was elected to the governorship in late 1848, by a margin of 311 votes out of nearly 300,000 cast. Ford served only a single term before returning home. His term was marred by fighting in a highly partisan Assembly that was divided over issues related to slavery and the Mexican–American War, as well as by a cholera epidemic that swept through Columbus.

Death

On the first Sunday after his retirement, Ford suffered a stroke and was stricken by paralysis, from which he never recovered.^[3] He died at his home in Burton in 1855 when he was 53 years old.^[3]^[4] Ford is interred at Welton Cemetery in Burton, Ohio.^[5]

References

^ "Seabury Ford". The Ohio Historical Society. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
^ Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner (ed.). History of the Western Reserve. Vol. 1. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 313.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The History of Champaign county, Ohio: ... Chicago: W H Beers. 1881. p. 167.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ryan, Daniel J (1888). A History of Ohio with Biographical Sketches of her Governors and the Ordinance of 1787. Columbus, Ohio: A H Smythe. pp. 181–182.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ohio Governor Seabury Ford". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

External links

[1] "Seabury Ford". The Ohio Historical Society. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

[upton-2] Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner (ed.). History of the Western Reserve. Vol. 1. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 313.

[champ-3] The History of Champaign county, Ohio: ... Chicago: W H Beers. 1881. p. 167.

[ryan-4] Ryan, Daniel J (1888). A History of Ohio with Biographical Sketches of her Governors and the Ordinance of 1787. Columbus, Ohio: A H Smythe. pp. 181–182.

[gov-5] "Ohio Governor Seabury Ford". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

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