Sam C. Ford
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Samuel Clarence Ford was an attorney and the 12th Governor of Montana
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Ford was born on November 7, 1882 in Albany, Kentucky
. He served as an Attorney General and a Supreme Court Justice in Montana.
Ford was governor of Montana from 1941 to 1949. He was a member of the Republican party
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He is credited with reducing the state bureaucracy.
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
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Ford was born on November 7, 1882 in Albany, Kentucky
Albany, Kentucky
Albany is a city in Clinton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,220 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Clinton County. It is located on U.S. Route 127 about six miles from the Tennessee border.-History:...
. He served as an Attorney General and a Supreme Court Justice in Montana.
Ford was governor of Montana from 1941 to 1949. He was a member of the Republican party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
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He is credited with reducing the state bureaucracy.