Clarence V Ford, known as Clay Ford, was an attorney and Republican politician from Gulf Breeze in Santa Rosa County near Pensacola, Florida, who, from 2007 until his death, represented District 2 in the Florida House of Representatives.
13 Facts About Clay Ford
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Clay Ford served in the infantry in the United States Army, the Army Reserve, and the Arkansas National Guard from 1955 to 1988, having advanced through the ranks from private to colonel.
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Clay Ford studied at the United States Army War College in Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania and the United States Air Force War College in Frankfurt, Germany.
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In 1986, Ford obtained a Master of Science degree in public administration from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
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Clay Ford was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1975 to 1976.
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Clay Ford was a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention held in Little Rock in 1978 and 1979.
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Clay Ford was re-elected to the Florida House in November 2008.
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Clay Ford was a Methodist and a member of the American Legion, the Arkansas Bar Association, and the Florida Bar.
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Clay Ford was affiliated with the Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce and Rotary International.
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Clay Ford was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.
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Clay Ford received endorsements from the NRA as well as the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Florida Right to Life.
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Clay Ford died of cancer in Florida at the age of seventy-four.
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The Florida Legislature recognized Representative Clay Ford by naming the Minority Scholarship for accounting students the Clay Ford Scholarship Program in the 2013 legislative session.