John A. Ford (1811–1895) was an American merchant and politician who served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives from January 1, 1851, until March 29, 1851, when he resigned from his position.
He moved westward with his father in 1834, residing on a land claim in present-day Chicago.
In 1841, he arrived in Red Rock, Minnesota, and became the first established merchant in Washington County, excluding fur traders.
In 1847, he was a part of the state's first ever grand jury, where he and his peers indicted two members of the Ojibwe tribe for the murder of Henry Rust, a trading clerk.
However, on March 29 of that same year, he resigned his post in protest of the territory's new reapportionment bill, citing incorrect census counts.