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  Ford, Nicholas
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NameNicholas Ford
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Rochester, Missouri , United States
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Born June 21, 1833
DiedJune 18, 1897 (63 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jul 16, 2015 01:27am
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InfoFORD, Nicholas, a Representative from Missouri; born in Wicklow, Ireland, June 21, 1833; attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland; immigrated to the United States in 1848 with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Ill.; moved to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1859 and later to Colorado and Montana, in which States he engaged in mining; returned to Missouri and settled in Rochester, Andrew County, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1875; elected as a Greenbacker (National Party) to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress and for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Missouri in 1884; moved to Virginia City, Nev.; member of the first city council; retired from active business and moved to Miltonvale, Kans., where he died June 18, 1897; interment in the Catholic Cemetery, Aurora, Cloud County, Kans.


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  11/04/1890 MO District 4 Lost 40.62% (-10.80%)
  01/18/1887 MO US Senate Lost 1.17% (-63.74%)
  01/20/1885 MO US Senate Lost 4.79% (-66.47%)
  11/04/1884 MO Governor Lost 47.54% (-2.50%)
  12/05/1881 US House Speaker Lost 2.81% (-49.12%)
  11/02/1880 MO District 9 Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
  11/05/1878 MO District 9 Won 51.68% (+3.48%)
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