Albert C. Willford

Albert Clinton Will Ford ( born September 21, 1877 in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, † March 10, 1937 in Waterloo, Iowa ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Albert Will Ford attended the public schools of his home including Tilford 's Academy. He then worked 1900-1907 as an engineer for the Electric Light, Power and Water Company in Vinton. In 1907, he moved to Waterloo, where he remained until 1910, engaged in manufacturing ice. Then he went into trade in seeds and animal feeds as well as in the coal trade. Between 1918 and 1930 Willford was curator of the Library of Waterloo. From 1922 to 1924 he was a member of the Commission for jury selection (Jury Commission) in Black Hawk County. For a year he served as president of the Engineering Association of Iowa (Iowa Stationary Engineers Association ). Between 1927 and 1929, was Albert Willford both in his State of Iowa as well as at the federal level director of the Izaak Walton League of America, a company founded in 1922 environmental organization. Will Ford was from 1923 to 1927 and President of the baseball club of his place of residence Waterloo.

Politically, Willford member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1932 he was in the third electoral district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1933, the succession of Republican Thomas JB Robinson, whom he had defeated in the election. Will Ford's election was part of a nationwide trend in favor of the Democrats, who as U.S. president culminated with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since he the Republican John W. Gwynne subject already in 1934, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935. At this time there the first New Deal laws were discussed and adopted.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives, Albert Willford again devoted his personal and business interests in Waterloo. In 1936 he ran unsuccessfully for a return to Congress. He died on 10 March 1937. Until 1986, when David R. Nagle was elected, Will Ford should be the last Democrat who represented the third district of Iowa in Congress.