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- John_McWilliams_Ford abstract "John McWilliams Ford (February 18, 1880 – July 1, 1965) was the longest-serving elected public official in Shreveport, Louisiana. Though he served as mayor only from 1918 to 1922, it was his tenure as finance commissioner that is most remembered for longevity -- from 1930 until his death thirty-five years later. The finance commissioner was established under the previous city commission government, which was replaced with the 1978 elections by the mayor-council form of municipal government. Ford's first elective office was as city alderman in 1908. He was also a member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body now known as the Caddo Parish Commission. A Democrat, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1916, until he stepped down in 1918 to become mayor after the death of S. A. Dickson, MD Robert Hodges Ward had followed Dickson, and then Ford was elected to a single four-year term from 1918–1922. Ford then spent eight years in the private sector before returning to City Hall as finance commissioner, a position which he handily retained in the elections of 1930, 1934, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, and 1962. Dwight L. Saur, a Certified Public Accountant succeeded Ford as finance commissioner in 1966. Saur himself died in office in 1971, and the position then went to its last occupant and only Republican, George A. Burton, Jr. The new city charter superseded the finance commissioner’s post.Among Ford's many council colleagues over the years were later Governor Jimmie Davis, who was from 1938 to 1942 the commissioner of public safety, a post later held by J. Earl Downs and George W. D'Artois, who stepped down amid a scandal in 1976. H. Lane Mitchell, the public works commissioner from 1934 to 1968, left office enveloped in what developed as a scandal of his own. Ford served too with Mayor Clyde Fant from 1946 to 1954 and again from 1958 to 1965. For his last three years as commissioner, another Ford colleague was later Mayor Calhoun Allen, then the public utilities commissioner.".
- John_McWilliams_Ford alias "John McW. Ford".
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- John_McWilliams_Ford birthPlace Louisiana.
- John_McWilliams_Ford birthPlace Shreveport,_Louisiana.
- John_McWilliams_Ford birthYear "1880".
- John_McWilliams_Ford deathDate "1965-07-01".
- John_McWilliams_Ford deathPlace Louisiana.
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- John_McWilliams_Ford deathYear "1965".
- John_McWilliams_Ford occupation Official.
- John_McWilliams_Ford office "Caddo ParishPolice Jury member".
- John_McWilliams_Ford office "Shreveport City Council member".
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- John_McWilliams_Ford office "State Representative from Caddo Parish (at-large)".
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- John_McWilliams_Ford party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
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- John_McWilliams_Ford wikiPageWikiLinkText "John McWilliams Ford".
- John_McWilliams_Ford after Lee_Emmett_Thomas.
- John_McWilliams_Ford after "E. S. Hardy".
- John_McWilliams_Ford after "E. Wayles Brown".
- John_McWilliams_Ford alternativeNames "John McW. Ford".
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- John_McWilliams_Ford before "David B. Samuel".
- John_McWilliams_Ford before "Elward Wright".
- John_McWilliams_Ford before "Joseph E. Johnston, Jr.".
- John_McWilliams_Ford before "Lee Emmett Thomas".
- John_McWilliams_Ford before "Perry Keith".
- John_McWilliams_Ford before "Robert Hodges Ward".
- John_McWilliams_Ford birthDate "1880-02-18".
- John_McWilliams_Ford birthPlace Shreveport,_Louisiana.
- John_McWilliams_Ford cattion "A youthful picture of John McWilliams Ford".
- John_McWilliams_Ford children "No children".
- John_McWilliams_Ford dateOfBirth "1880-02-18".
- John_McWilliams_Ford dateOfDeath "1965-07-01".
- John_McWilliams_Ford deathDate "1965-07-01".
- John_McWilliams_Ford deathPlace "Shreveport, Louisiana".
- John_McWilliams_Ford footnotes "Ford is honored by the naming of the recreational center, Ford Park on Cross Lake.".
- John_McWilliams_Ford footnotes "Ford was Shreveport’s longest serving public official, having been in office from 1908 to 1965, except for 1922 to 1930.".
- John_McWilliams_Ford footnotes "Ford was an unassuming man who answered his own telephone and always kept his office door open to the general public.".
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- John_McWilliams_Ford name John_McWilliams_Ford.
- John_McWilliams_Ford name "Ford, John McWilliams".
- John_McWilliams_Ford nationality "American".
- John_McWilliams_Ford occupation "Public official".
- John_McWilliams_Ford office Louisiana_State_Legislature.
- John_McWilliams_Ford office "Caddo Parish Police Jury member".
- John_McWilliams_Ford office "Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana , Louisiana, USA".