 He was a member of the Agriculture and Transportation Committees.Ford was an umpire in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1999.Ford was an umpire in the American League from 1974 until 1999 (wearing uniform number 20 when the AL adopted them in 1980) when he, along with several other umpires, was not retained by Major League Baseball following the 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation.