Nicholas Ford
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Nicholas Ford was a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
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Born in Wicklow, Ireland, Ford attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland.
Immigrated to the United States in 1848 with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Illinois.
He moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1859 and later to Colorado and Montana, in which States he engaged in mining.
He returned to Missouri and settled in Rochester, Andrew County, and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Ford was elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1875.
Ford was elected as a Greenbacker (National Party) to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress and for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.
He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Missouri in 1884.
He moved to Virginia City, Nevada
.
He served as member of the first city council.
He retired from active business and moved to Miltonvale, Kansas
, where he died June 18, 1897.
He was interred in the Catholic Cemetery, Aurora, Kansas
.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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Born in Wicklow, Ireland, Ford attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland.
Immigrated to the United States in 1848 with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Illinois.
He moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1859 and later to Colorado and Montana, in which States he engaged in mining.
He returned to Missouri and settled in Rochester, Andrew County, and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Ford was elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1875.
Ford was elected as a Greenbacker (National Party) to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress and for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.
He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Missouri in 1884.
He moved to Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City is a census-designated place that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 855 at the 2010 Census.- History :...
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He served as member of the first city council.
He retired from active business and moved to Miltonvale, Kansas
Miltonvale, Kansas
Miltonvale is a city in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 539.-History:Miltonvale was founded on December 1, 1881.From 1909 to 1972, it was the home of Miltonvale Wesleyan College....
, where he died June 18, 1897.
He was interred in the Catholic Cemetery, Aurora, Kansas
Aurora, Kansas
Aurora is a city in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 60.-History:In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a branch line from Neva through Aurora to Superior, Nebraska...
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