He is a former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997–2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from Tennessee’s 9th congressional district, centered in Memphis.
Ford is a member of the Ford political family from Memphis, and is the son of former Congressman Harold Ford Sr., who held the same seat for 22 years.
He also regularly appeared on television on politically related programs on NBC’s Meet the Press, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC.