List of United States Political Families (F) - The Fords of Tennessee

The Fords of Tennessee

• Newton Ford, candidate for Tennessee State Representative 1966, candidate for Tennessee Assemblyman 1968. Father of Harold Ford, Sr.; Edmund Ford; John N. Ford; Ophelia Ford; Joe Ford; Emmitt Ford; and James Ford.
  • Harold Ford, Sr. (born 1945), Tennessee legislator, US Representative, Tennessee, 1975–1997
    • Harold Ford, Jr. (born 1970), US Representative, Tennessee, 1997–2007, failed US Senate candidate, 2006; son of Harold Sr.
    • Jake Ford (born 1972), failed US Representative candidate, 2006; son of Harold Sr.
    • Sir Isaac Ford, candidate for Mayor of Shelby County, Tennessee 2002. Son of Harold Ford, Sr.
  • Edmund Ford Memphis city councilman; brother of Harold Sr.
    • Edmund Ford, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee Councilman. Son of Edmund Ford.
  • John N. Ford (born 1942), Tennessee State Senator; brother of Harold Sr.
  • Ophelia Ford Tennessee State Senator; sister of Harold Sr.
  • Joe Ford, candidate for Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee 1999; Commissioner of Shelby County, Tennessee. Brother of Harold Ford, Sr.; Edmund Ford; John N. Ford; and Ophelia Ford.
    • Joe Ford, Jr., candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative from Tennessee 2006. Son of Joe Ford.
  • Emmitt Ford, Tennessee State Representative. Son of Newton Ford.
  • James Ford, Memphis, Tennessee Councilman; Commissioner of Shelby County, Tennessee. Son of Newton Ford.

Note: The Fords are not related to President Gerald Ford, who was born Leslie King and renamed after his stepfather Gerald Ford, Sr.