John T. Ford

John Thomson Ford (April 16, 1829 – March 14, 1894) was a 19th-century American theatre manager. Today, he is most famous for operating Ford's Theatre at the time of the Abraham Lincoln assassination. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Fords Theatre at 511 10th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. is an active theater in Washington DC, used for various performances. ... Assassination of Abraham Lincoln From left to right: Major Henry Rathbone, Clara Harris, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, and John Wilkes Booth. ...

Ford, born in Baltimore, was the son of Elias and Anna (née Greanor) Ford. His ancestors were early Maryland settlers and some of them took part in the American Revolution. For a few years he attended public school in Baltimore and then became a clerk in his uncle’s tobacco factory in Richmond, Virginia. Not caring for this work, he became a bookseller. He then wrote a farce dealing with local matters, entitled Richmond As It Is, which was produced by a minstrel company called The Nightingale Serenaders. This farce was fairly successful, and George Kunkel, the owner and manager of the Serenaders, offered him a position with the organization. He accepted, and for several seasons traveled as business manager of this company throughout the United States and Canada. Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more, Balmerr,Bodymore, Murderland Motto: The Greatest City in America (formerly The City That Reads; Get In On It is not the citys motto, but rather the advertising slogan of the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association; BELIEVE is not the... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,417 sq mi (32,160 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N  - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33... John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution was a political movement during the last half of the 18th century that ended British control of the... Nickname: The River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Thus do we reach the stars) Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia County Independent City Mayor L. Douglas Wilder (D) Area    - City 62. ... FUCK YOU BITCHES ...

In 1854, he assumed control of the Holliday Street Theatre, Baltimore, which he managed for twenty-five years. In 1871, he built the Grand Opera House in that city.

Ford also built three theatres in Washington, D.C. He opened his first theatre on Tenth Street in 1861. After it was destroyed by fire the following year he built the structure known as Ford's Theatre on the same site. He was the manager of this highly successful house at the time of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Ford was a good friend of assassin John Wilkes Booth, an actor, and drew further suspicion by being in Richmond, Virginia (until April 2, 1865 the capital of the just-defeated Confederate States of America and a center of anti-Lincoln conspiracies) at the time of the assassination on April 14. An order was issued for his arrest and on April 18, Ford was arrested at his Baltimore home, which he had reached in the interim. His brothers James and Harry Clay Ford were thrown into prison along with him. John Ford complained of the effect his incarceration would have on his business and family, and offered to help with the investigation, but Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton made no reply to his two letters. After thirty-nine days, the brothers were finally fully exonerated and set free since there was no evidence of their complicity in the crime.^[1] The theatre was seized by the government and Ford was paid $100,000 for it by Congress. For his rough treatment, Ford remained bitter toward the United States Government for decades. Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... Fords Theatre at 511 10th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. is an active theater in Washington DC, used for various performances. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician elected from Illinois as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor infamous for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (traditional) The Bonnie Blue Flag (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Government Republic President... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105 in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... The Secretary of War was a member of the Presidents Cabinet, beginning with George Washingtons administration. ... Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate Dick Cheney, R, since January 20, 2001 Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R, since January 6, 1999 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of January 4, 2005 elections) Democratic Party Republican Party...

During his career, Ford also managed theatres in Alexandria, VA, Philadelphia, Charleston, SC, and Richmond. It was at the Richmond Theatre, in 1857, that Edwin Booth, then under Ford’s management, first met Mary Devlin, whom he later married. Joseph Jefferson was then the stage manager and a member of the company of this theatre, as was Dion Boucicault. Ford also managed a great number of traveling as well as resident companies, which included the greatest stars, and actors of his generation. He had a reputation for being honest and honorable in his numerous business dealings. For instance, during the H.M.S. Pinafore craze of the late 1870s, he was the only American manager who paid Gilbert and Sullivan a royalty on the opera. This action prompted the authors, in presenting their next opera to America, to entrust their business affairs to him; and he leased the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York City, for the production of The Pirates of Penzance. Location in Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia Founded 1718 Mayor William D. Euille Area    - City 39. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor... Nickname: The Holy City, The Palmetto City Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... Edwin Booth as Hamlet. ... Jefferson as Rip van Winkle, 1869 Joseph Jefferson (February 20, 1829 - April 23, 1905) was an American actor. ... Poster for a production of Boucicaults farce Contempt of Court, c. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. ... W. S. Gilbert Sir Arthur Sullivan Librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) collaborated on a series of fourteen comic operas in Victorian England between 1871 and 1896. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Poster announcing the copyright performance at the Bijou Theatre, Paignton The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. ...

For a period of forty years he was an active and prominent figure in civic life. He was connected with many banking and financial concerns, and his business advice was sought and relied on. He was president of the Union Railroad Company, member of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, vice president of the West Baltimore Improvement Association, and trustee of numerous philanthropic institutions. In 1858, while serving as president of the city council, he was, due to unforeseen circumstances, made acting mayor of the city of Baltimore, and he filled this position with marked ability. His winning and gracious personality won him a host of friends. 1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland, west to the Ohio River at Wheeling and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ...

In early 1894, Ford's health declined, but still his death at his Baltimore home of a heart attack during a bout of influenza came suddenly. He left a widow, Edith Branch Andrew Ford, who was the mother of eleven children. Ten of these were still living when he died: Charles, then manager of Ford's Opera House; George S., a treasurer; John, Jr., an advertising agent; Harry M.; Mattie E., an actor; Mrs. James C. Richardson; and the unmarried daughters Lizzie P, May, Lucy, and Sallie. Two days after his death, a funeral was held at his house by two priests from the Central Presbyterian Church and he was buried in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by an RNA virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). ... The 300 acre (1. ...

Notes

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References

• Chamlee, Roy Z. Lincoln's Assassins: A Complete Account of Their Capture, Trial, and Punishment, pp. 116-8. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1990.
• Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 6, pp. 517-8. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931.
• "John Thompson Ford Dead", The Washington Post, March 15, 1894, p. 2.
• "Funeral of John T. Ford", The Washington Post, March 17, 1894, p. 4.