Peyton Ford | |
Office1: | 1st United States Deputy Attorney General |
President1: | Harry S. Truman |
Term Start1: | May 24, 1950 |
Term End1: | 1951 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | A. Devitt Vanech |
Office2: | 8th United States Assistant Attorney General for the Claims Division |
President2: | Harry S. Truman |
Term Start2: | 1947 |
Term End2: | 1949 |
Predecessor2: | John F. Sonnett |
Successor2: | H. Graham Morison |
Birth Date: | 24 February 1911 |
Birth Place: | Sayre, Oklahoma |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C. |
Party: | Democratic |
Peyton Ford (February 24, 1911 – November 22, 1971) was an American attorney who served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Claims Division from 1947 to 1949 and as United States Deputy Attorney General from 1950 to 1951.[1]