Hiram Church Ford
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Hiram Church Ford (July 28, 1884 – June 8, 1969) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Scott County, Kentucky, Ford received an A.B. from Georgetown College in 1905 and an LL.B. from Transylvania Law Department in 1907. He was in private practice in Georgetown, Kentucky from 1907 to 1935. He was a County attorney of Scott County, Kentucky from 1910 to 1926. He was a Circuit judge, 14th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935.
Ford was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Ford was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 19, 1935, to a seat vacated by Andrew M.J. Cochran. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 1935, and received his commission on March 28, 1935. He served as chief judge from 1948-1963. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1963. Ford served in that capacity until June 8, 1969, due to his death.
He died in Georgetown, Kentucky.
[edit] Sources
- Hiram Church Ford at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
