. Men who made San Francisco. Tirey L. Ford T\ L. FORD was bom ,n Mis-souri in 185 7. and came to Califor-nia in 1877. He entered the law officesof Colonel l^^rk Henshaw at Chico, passedhis examinations and was admitted to thebar. He was elected District Attorney of SierraCounty in 1888; in 1892 went to the Legisla-ture from the Third Senatorial District, consist-ing of Plumas. Sierra and Nevada Counties, andwas thereafter appointed attorney for the StateBoard of Harbor Commissioners, which officehe held until elected Attorney General of theState in 1898. In 1902 he resigned the officeof A
. Men who made San Francisco. Tirey L. Ford T\ L. FORD was bom ,n Mis-souri in 185 7. and came to Califor-nia in 1877. He entered the law officesof Colonel l^^rk Henshaw at Chico, passedhis examinations and was admitted to thebar. He was elected District Attorney of SierraCounty in 1888; in 1892 went to the Legisla-ture from the Third Senatorial District, consist-ing of Plumas. Sierra and Nevada Counties, andwas thereafter appointed attorney for the StateBoard of Harbor Commissioners, which officehe held until elected Attorney General of theState in 1898. In 1902 he resigned the officeof Attorney General in order to become generalcounsel for United Railroads of San Francisco,which position he has since held. He was appointed a member of the StateBoard of Prison Directors in 1905. and is nowthe president of the board. He has been re-peatedly elected a member of the Board of Trus-tees of the Mechanics Institute of San Francisco. He is a member of the Pacific Union, Bohe-mian. Commonwealth, Press, Transportation,
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