page_title: Tirey L. Ford
section_title: United Railroads
hierarchical_section_title: Tirey L. Ford / Private life / United Railroads
caption_attribution_description: English: Car 1360 of the United Railroads of San Francisco. Caption: STANDARD CAR FOR UNITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
context_page_description: Tirey Lafayette Ford was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a California State Senator and the 18th Attorney-General of California. He acted as General Counsel for the United Railroads in San Francisco.
context_section_description: In August 1902, Ford was appointed general counsel for the United Railroads of San Francisco. His knowledge of railroad law as of other departments of jurisprudence was comprehensive and accurate, and he stands today as one of the foremost representatives of the legal interests of California.  
  As attorney for URR, he was involved in a bribery scandal in 1906, but was later found to be innocent. The bribery scandal was one of the many San Francisco graft trials, which included Mayor Eugene Schmitz and attorney Abe Ruef, who were receiving bribes. 
  Adolphus Frederic St. Sure joined Ford's law firm in San Francisco. During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, Ford became a member of Mayor Eugene Schmitz's Committee of Fifty. 
  Ford was a member of the Pacific-Union Club, Bohemian Club, Union League Club of San Francisco, Commonwealth Club of California, Press, Transportation, Merchants Institute, Amaurot, and Southern Clubs, and as a Knight Templar.
caption: A United Railroads of San Francisco standard car circa 1905
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