About Robert MacDonald Ford
Lived 1911 – 2004 (aged 93). Robert MacDonald Ford was an American politician.
Robert MacDonald Ford Jr. (May 2, 1911 – June 9, 2004) was an American insurance agent who served as a Democratic state representative for the Bremerton area of the State of Washington from 1941 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1953. Ford was the Democratic Floor Leader of the House of Representatives; Chairman of the House Highways Committee; and instrumental in the creation of the Agate Pass Bridge between Bainbridge Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
Ford was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1911; graduated from high school in Glendale, California and earned degrees in economics and political science from the University of Washington in Seattle.
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American politician
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Robert MacDonald Ford was born on 2 May 1911.
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Robert MacDonald Ford died on 9 June 2004 in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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Robert MacDonald Ford was a politician.
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