Ford C. Quillen | |
Office: | Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates |
Term Label: | Acting |
Term Start: | September 28, 1991 |
Term End: | November 19, 1991 |
Predecessor: | A. L. Philpott |
Successor: | Tom Moss |
State Delegate1: | Virginia |
District1: | 1st |
Alongside1: | George R. C. Stuart (1970–1972) Orby L. Cantrell (1972–1982) |
Term Start1: | January 14, 1970 |
Term End1: | January 12, 1994 |
Preceded1: | Joe Johnson |
Succeeded1: | Terry Kilgore |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Name: | Ford Carter Quillen |
Birth Place: | Gate City, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse: | Barbara Gail Burdette |
Alma Mater: | University of Tennessee (BS, LLB) |
Branch: | United States Army |
Ford Carter Quillen (born September 21, 1938) is an American attorney and former Democratic Party politician. A native of Gate City in Scott County, Virginia, Quillen was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1969, where he continued to serve until his decision to retire and not seek reelection in 1993.[1] When Speaker A. L. Philpott stepped down due to poor health in 1991, Quillen, as Chair of the House Privileges and Elections Committee, became his temporary replacement until Tom Moss's election in November.[2]