Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American politician who was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee’s 9th congressional district, centered in Memphis, from 1997 to 2007. Ford did not seek re-election to his House seat in 2006 when he unsuccessfully sought the Senate seat vacated by retiring Bill Frist. Ford was the last chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).

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