"The Cleveland Era" from Henry Jones Ford. Political scientist, journalist, university professor, and government official (1851-1925).

"Washington and His Colleagues" from Henry Jones Ford. Political scientist, journalist, university professor, and government official (1851-1925).

"The Cleveland Era" from Henry Jones Ford. Political scientist, journalist, university professor, and government official (1851-1925).

Excerpt from Washington and His Colleague: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fail of Federalism
Washington was glad to remain at Mount Vernon as long as possible after he had consented to serve as President, enjoying the life of a country gentleman, which was now much more suited to his taste than official employment. He was weary of public duties and the heavy demands upon his time which had left him with little leisure for his private life at home. His correspondence during this period gives ample evidence of his extreme reluctance to reassume public responsibilities.
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Henry Jones Ford (1851-1925) was a political scientist, journalist, university professor, and government official Ford worked as a managing editor and editorial writer from 1872 to 1905, at six different newspapers in three cities (Baltimore, New York and Pittsburgh). Later returning to Baltimore (his hometown), Ford taught at Johns Hopkins University, and afterwards taught at the University of Pennsylvania. He later took a job as professor of politics at Princeton University, at the request of the university's then-president, Woodrow Wilson. Ford's association with Wilson would take him also...