Harold Ford, Jr. is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on May 11, 1970 as the son of Harold Eugene Ford and Dorothy Ford. He has two brothers, Jake and Isaac Ford.
Ford graduated from St. Albans School for Boys in Washington, D.C and received a B.A from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1992 and a J.D from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996.
In 1992 he was a staff aide to the United States Senate Committee on the Budget and in 1993 he was special assistant to the United States Department of Commerce.
Ford is a member of several progressive, pro-growth coalitions, including the New Democrat Coalition, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Blue Dog Coalition.
Ford was elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present).
