Tim Ford (politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = 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 8, 1980

| term_end1 = January 6, 2004

| predecessor1 = John D. Haynes

| successor1 = Jerry Turner

| birth_name = Timothy Alan Ford

| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|10|22}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Winter Haven, Florida, U.S.}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|02|27|1951|10|22}}

| death_place = Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Mary Foose

| alma_mater = University of Mississippi

| image = Timothy Alan Ford.png

| caption = Tim Ford in a 1969 yearbook photo

}}

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.[http://www.balch.com/tford/ Balch & Bingham LLP-Tim Ford] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402231626/http://www.balch.com/tford/ |date=2015-04-02 }}[http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/pdf/HR/HR0046PS.pdf Mississippi Legislature 2003 session-House Resolution 43 Speaker Tim Ford on his retirement]

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{{s-bef|before=Buddie Newman}}

{{s-ttl|title=Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives|years=1998-2004}}

{{s-aft|after=William McCoy}}

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