About Sanders Ford
Sanders Ford was an American farmer and politician.
Sanders Ford (c.1810 - 1873) was a farmer and state legislator in South Carolina. He was elected to represent Fairfield County, South Carolina in the South Carolina Senate in 1872, and died in office in 1873. Henry Johnson contested his election. Ford was one of four African Americans to represent Fairfield County in the state senate during the Reconstruction era. His grandson Nick Aaron Ford was a black studies scholar and the first college graduate in the family.
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Who was Sanders Ford?
American politician
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Sanders Ford died in 1873.
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Sanders Ford was a farmer and politician.
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Sanders Ford was American.
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