Samuel Howard Ford (February 19, 1819 – July 5, 1905) was a

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politician. He was born in

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and later emigrated to the

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, settling in

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. He represented that state in the

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from December 1861 through February 1862.

References

PoliticalGraveyard.com - Index to Politicians - Ford
1819 births 1905 deaths British emigrants to the United States Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States People of Kentucky in the American Civil War {{Kentucky-politician-stub