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Seabury Ford
Seabury Ford (October 15, 1801 - May 8, 1855) was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 20th Governor of Ohio and the last Whig to do so.
Ford was born in Cheshire, Connecticut and moved to Burton, Ohio with his parents in 1804. After attending Yale University, he returned to Ohio to practice law. After serving in the General Assembly, Ford was elected to the governorship in late 1848, by a margin of 311 votes out of nearly 300,000 cast. Ford's served only a single term before returning home. His term was marred by fighting in a highly partisan Assembly that was divided over issues related to slavery and the Mexican War, as well as by a cholera epidemic that swept through Columbus.
| Preceded by: William Bebb | Governors of Ohio | Succeeded by: Reuben Wood |
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