John Anson Ford

John Anson Ford (September 29, 1883 – November 3, 1983) was an American journalist, advertising executive and Democratic Party politician. He was a long-serving member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Career and politics

Ford was born in Waukegan, Illinois. He attended Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, taught history and economics, then moved to Chicago, where he worked on the Chicago Tribune. He was on the editorial board of Popular Mechanics. In 1920, he came to Los Angeles and entered the advertising and publicity business.

Ford was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1934; the office is nonpartisan but he identified as an "EPIC Democrat." Representing the 3rd district, he served on the Board until 1958. He was active in Democratic Party politics, serving on the state Central Committee, as chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, as a delegate to Democratic National Conventions from California, candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from California in 1940, and as chairman of the Southern California Citizens for Kennedy Committee. as are the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles and John Anson Ford Park in Bell Gardens, California.

John Anson Ford died at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 100.