The former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr is of African-American ethnicity, with his origin lined up from the black. Due to this very reason, he has had faced several stereotypical activities during elections in the past.
Harold Eugene Ford Jr describes himself as a God-fearing patriot, husband, and father.
Remained in the House of Representatives from January 3, 1997, to January 3, 2007, he retired to run for the United States Senate but was unsuccessful.
He is now a financial managing director and a political commentator, and political debates pundit on Fox News.
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Harold Ford Jr Ethnicity Revealed
Fifty-one-year-old Harold Ford Jr was born on May 11, 1970, to his family of African American ethnicity.
He stands at the height of 5 feet 10 inches.
Along with his father, he is enlisted among the African-Americans to have been a United States Representative.
In addition, Ford Jr is the first African American to serve in Congress from Tennessee, while his father being a democrat.
The Ford family has their root threaded back in Memphis, and the very fact has been playing a vital role in both the Senior and Junior’s political journey, sometimes in favor and many times against them.
Harold Ford Jr Parents & Family
Harold Ford Jr is one of the three children of his parents Harold Ford Sr. and Dorothy Bowles. Ford Sr. had a family of 5 until he divorced Dorothy and started another family of 4 with Michelle Roberts.
His father was in the U.S. House of Representatives as the 8th and 9th of Tennessee. And, later the position was succeeded by Ford Jr as his dad retired in 1997.
The Junior had already worked in New York City after graduating with a BA, and a JD from the universities and hence was eligible to run for his father’s seat.
He has earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated as a Juris Doctor from Michigan.
Further, Harold Ford Jr married Emily Threlkeld at age 38 on April 26, 2008.
Emily works in public relations with Carolina Herrera in New York. She is a mother of two children, Georgia Walker Ford, born in December 2013, and Harold Eugene Ford III, born in May 2015.
Harold Ford Jr Salary & Net Worth
Harold Ford Jr is estimated to have earned a decent salary helping him accumulate a hefty net worth of over $4 – $5 million to his name.
When he was one of the members of Congress, he received an annual salary of $165,200 in the year 2007, which was lower in the preceding years.
Practically retired from politics, Harold hasn’t run for any major elections over the last ten years.
To know more about his personal and professional life, one can trace him on Instagram as @haroldffordjr, but he is more active on Twitter, where he goes as @HaroldFordJr.
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