# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-ford
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:16:38.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-ford"
name: "Thomas Ford"
slug: "thomas-ford"
description: "Thomas Ford was a lawyer, judge, author and the eighth governor of Illinois. The first Illinois governor to be raised in the state, he served from 1842 to 1846 and became known for restoring the state's solvency and reducing geographic sectionalism, as well as for leading the legislature despite his lack of prior political experience. A lifelong Democrat, Ford is also remembered for anti-Mormon sentiments and vacillation which led to the death of Joseph Smith, and the subsequent Illinois Mormon War of 1844–1845."
tagline: "Politician 1800-1850"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Thomas_Ford.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1800-12-05"
deathDate: "1850-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.83221476510067
  historical:           9.422104000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 222
sources:
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    title: "Thomas Ford (politiker)"
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    title: "Thomas Ford (Gouverneur)"
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    title: "توماس فورد (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ford_(politician)"
    title: "Thomas Ford (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ford_(pol%C3%ADtico)"
    title: "Thomas Ford (político)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ford_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Thomas Ford (homme politique)"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93"
    title: "תומאס פורד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Ford (politician)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump