John Ford (Tennessee politician)

John Ford
Ford being investigated as part of Operation Tennessee Waltz
Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 29th district
In office 1974 – May 28, 2005
Succeeded by	Ophelia Ford
Personal details
Born	(1942-05-03) May 3, 1942 (age 82) Memphis, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic

John Newton Ford (born May 3, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee), is a former Democratic member of the Tennessee State Senate and a member of Tennessee's most prominent African-American political family. He is the older brother of former U.S. Representative Harold Ford, Sr. and the uncle of former Tennessee U.S. Representative and 2006 United States Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr.

In April 2007, Ford was convicted of federal bribery as part of the Operation Tennessee Waltz scandal. He served 52 months of a 66-month sentence in U.S. federal prison, from April 2008 to August 2012.^[1] Ford resigned from the Tennessee State Senate on May 28, 2005, in a letter to Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee, John S. Wilder.