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Leland Merritt Ford

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-08-1938 Republican CD-16 97407 Win
11-05-1940 Republican CD-16 188049 Win
11-03-1942 Republican CD-16 52023 Loss
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000264
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 8, 1893 in Eureka, Nevada
University: University of Southern California
Died: November 27, 1965 in Santa Monica, CA

1923-1927: Member, Santa Monica Planning Commission
1936-1939: Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]