:For Jack Ford, the son of former president Gerald Ford, see John Gardner Ford

Jack Ford (born May 181947) is an American Democratic politician who served as the mayor of Toledo, Ohio from January 2002 to January 2006.

A graduate of Ohio State University, Jack Ford received his Master's degree in Public Administration and his law degree from the University of Toledo. He spent most of his working life as an educator, teaching primarily at the University of Toledo for 22 years, but also at Bowling Green State University and Owens Community College.

Ford served in the Ohio House of Representatives for seven years, and was Democratic leader of the Ohio House for the final three. He was a speaker at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. In November 2001, he was elected Toledo mayor, replacing another Democrat, Carty Finkbeiner who, four years later, on November 8 2005 was returned to office, defeating Ford in his re-election bid.

On March 7 2006, media reports revealed that Ford would be returning to Bowling Green State University as a practitioner-in-residence in the College of Arts and Sciences effective March 13 2006. According to reports, Ford will mostly teach in the department of political science.

In June 2007, Ford was selected to fill a vacancy on the Toledo Board of Education.

In his public career as a legislator and city executive, Jack Ford was responsible for the creation of the Toledo Youth Commission, the lead abatement program, the medication education for the elderly program, the Toledo curfew law, and the drug paraphernalia law.

He founded two organizations dealing with drug and alcohol addiction.

He is also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

Jack Ford is an American television news personality specializing in legal commentary who has spent over two decades in front of the TV camera as host and presenter of numerous information and entertainment programs. He is not related to former President Gerald Ford, whose son, popularly known as Jack, was also (briefly) associated with the field of journalism.

Raised by a single parent in New Jersey, Ford attended Point Pleasant Boro High School graduated from Yale University and Fordham University School of Law. Strauss, Robert. blank">"IN PERSON; '20/20' Co-Anchor Looks at Life in Hindsight", _The New York Times, September 19, 1999. Accessed November 16, 2007. He subsequently spent three years as a prosecutor in New Jersey, before beginning his own private practice as a lawyer. He also served as an adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School.

In 1984 Ford was hired by WCBS-TV as its legal commentator and joined Courtroom Television Network (better known as Court TV) upon its launch on July 11991. He moved to NBC News in 1994 as the chief legal correspondent and succeeded Mike Schneider as the co-anchor with Giselle Fernandez of the network's morning show Weekend Today in May 1995. He continued to host the show with Jodi Applegate from 1996 to April 1999 and with Soledad O'Brien from April to July 1999. That year he was named "Sexiest News Anchor" by People magazine.

In September 1999, Ford joined ABC News and became a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America. On December 311999, he was in Times Square as part of ABC 2000 Today, the network's 23-hour world-wide coverage of the Millennium, hosted by Peter Jennings. During ABC's coverage of the millennium, both he and Dick Clark counted down the final minutes until 2000 arrived in Times Square. Ford was the moderator of ESPN's The Sports Reporters from 2002 to 2003 and co-hosted the short-lived syndicated talk show Living It Up! With Ali & Jack, which premiered on September 152003. Produced at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, the program, with "Ali", (actress Alexandra "Ali" Wentworth), started with high ratings, but quickly lost ground and terminated production after seven months, although repeats continued for another four months, to August 2004.

In June 2004 Jack Ford returned to Court TV and on January 172006 began co-hosting (with Ashleigh Banfield) the 2-hour daily afternoon program Banfield & Ford: Courtside.

He has received two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, an American Radio and Television Award, a National Headliner Award, and the March of Dimes FDR Award.

Jack Ford resides in Spring Lake, New Jersey with his wife and two children.

Worked as a reporter for NBC News for several years.

Played football at Yale University; paid his way through Fordham University Law School with winnings from the quiz show "Jeopardy."

Was a prosecutor in New Jersey before entering into private practice and becoming a Sancho.

Began his television news career in 1984 as legal commentator for WCBS-TV in New York. In 1991, he joined Court TV as one of its first anchors. In 1994, he joined NBC News as Chief Legal Correspondent, reporting for The Today Show and Dateline, and The Weekend Today Show. In 1999, he became an Anchor/Correspondent at both Good Morning America and 20/20. He also hosted the ESPN show, The Sports Reporters II, from 2002-03.

Was named People Magazine's "Sexiest News Anchor" in 1999.