Legislator Details
Image Description:
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com 11/1/2025
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election: 47
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 1/28/1867
City: Dundee, MI
County: Monroe County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 4/6/1922
City: Detroit, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 4/8/1922
City: Dundee, MI
County: Monroe County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Maude Halsted about 1907
Number of Children: 0
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: Newspaper correspondent, literary and art critic, author, journalist
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
common schools.
Biographical Sketch:
Of Irish ancestry. Son of Baloris and Elizabeth (Bell) Ford. He wrote literary and art pictorial criticism for New York newspapers before becoming a special art correspondent in London for the New York Herald.. He later joined the staff of the London News. Enjoyed the reputation of being the first critic to publicly recognize the genius of the Glasgow group of painters, then struggling for recognition at the hands on British philistinism. He lectured upon painters and pictures in Paris, London, Scotland and Riviera resorts for several seasons. Served as publisher of Inside America, a magazine devoted to literature, the fine arts and liberalism.
Notable Facts:
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Education , Federal Relations , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution , State Library
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Michigan State Prison , Private Corporations , State Library , University
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of State Library;
Bibliography:
Manual 1917 p. 791; Manual 1915 p.775; Polgryd; Michiganology; USCen 1910; Find-a-Grave.com
