Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Henry Jones Ford Henry Jones Ford ) was a political scientist, journalist , university professor, and government official. Ford worked as a managing editor and editorial writer from 1872 to 1905, at six different newspapers in three cities ( Baltimore New York and Pittsburgh Later returning to Baltimore (his hometown), Ford taught at Johns Hopkins University , and afterwards taught at the University of Pennsylvania . He later took a job as professor of politics at Princeton University , at the request of the university's then-president, Woodrow Wilson Ford's association with Wilson would take him also into politics. When Wilson became governor of New Jersey , he appointed Ford Commissioner of Banking and Insurance; after Wilson became president, Ford was sent to the Philippines on a special mission, reporting directly to the president, and toward the end of Wilson's presidency Ford was named to a position on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Their association would also result in Ford's book Woodrow Wilson, the Man and His Work | |
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