Tim Ford | |
Office: | 59th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives |
Term Start: | January 5, 1988 |
Term End: | January 6, 2004 |
Predecessor: | Buddie Newman |
Successor: | William McCoy |
State House1: | Mississippi |
District1: | 18th |
Term Start1: | January 1980 |
Term End1: | January 6, 2004 |
Predecessor1: | John Nipper Jim Sumner |
Successor1: | Jerry Turner |
Birth Name: | Timothy Alan Ford |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1951 |
Death Place: | Oxford, Mississippi, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Mary Foose |
Alma Mater: | University of Mississippi |
Timothy Alan Ford (October 22, 1951 - February 27, 2015) was a Mississippi politician. A Democrat, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives including as Speaker.
Born in Winter Haven, Florida, Ford grew up in Baldwyn, Mississippi. Ford received his bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi and his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He practiced law in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1980, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Tupelo, Mississippi area and was a Democrat. From 1988 until 2004, Ford served as the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives. After his retirement, Ford continued to practice law. He died of a heart attack in Oxford, Mississippi.[1] [2]