Tirey L. Ford

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Tirey Lafayette Ford (December 29, 1857- June 26, 1928) was a California politician and a novelist. He served as California Attorney General 1899-1902. He resigned in the midst of a bribery scandal in 1902, but was later found to be innocent. During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire he was a member of Mayor Eugene Schmitz's Committee of Fifty. After his retirement, he took up historical studies and literary pursuits, and he published a well-received novel, Dawn and the Dons: The Romance of Monterey with vignettes and sketches by Jo Mora.