Sam C. Ford

Ford was born on November 7, 1882, in Albany, Kentucky.[1] He established a legal practice as well as a public service career in Helena, Montana.In 1944, he was re-elected comfortably over Leif Erickson, the former Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court.Ford ran for re-election in 1948, but was defeated in the general election by former State Attorney General John W. Bonner, and retired from politics.During his tenure as governor, he reduced the state bureaucracy, balanced the budget, launched the Missouri River development project to provide cheap electricity to farmers.
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