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Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curren-currin.html#997.07.39">John Currey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donalda-donivan.html#932.24.82">Ferris Donais</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitch.html#202.52.65">Ferris S. Fitch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitch.html#456.58.26">Ferris S. Fitch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitch.html#408.69.73">Ferris H. Fitch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#976.93.13">Thomas Francis Ford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/forman.html#387.91.99">Ferris Forman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#579.68.44">William Selden Gale</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#895.13.83">William F. Hanna</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#096.49.83">Ferris W. Henry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobs.html#726.76.45">Ferris Jacobs Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#501.63.18">Ferris Jay</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonard.html#564.01.56">Charles H. Leonard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#231.89.44">Clarence Lexow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#045.80.42">Morton King Lexow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loges-lonergan.html#679.10.13">Leslie Ferris Lokken</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucas.html#688.13.32">Ferris Lucas</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#823.63.86">Ferris J. Meigs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peterson.html#613.27.50">Ferris Peterson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prince.html#001.71.20">George Washington Prince</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherwood.html#293.37.61">Charles Daniel Sherwood</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#648.21.21">Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/standiford-stanislaus.html#994.34.72">Charles Arthur Standiford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#226.54.35">Ferris R. Turkington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#465.86.34">Ferris Webster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wharton.html#193.86.99">Ferris W. Wharton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white3.html#098.31.31">Ferris M. White</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="612.63.78">Ferris, Abram</a> (1786-1857) — of Indiana. Born in Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/08-20.html">August 20, 1786</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1837-38; defeated, 1838. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died near Lawrenceburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-died.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/10-08.html">October 8, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-buried.html#cms03745">Greendale Cemetery</a>, Lawrenceburg, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Ferris and Mary (Sherwood) Ferris; brother of <a href="#277.49.19">Ezra Ferris</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/09-15.html">September 15, 1807</a>, to Rhoda Wheeler; married to Frances Fisher; father of <a href="#920.55.24">Benjamin F. Ferris</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12030.html">Ferris family</a> of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/69306724">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="910.06.40">Ferris, Alice Moss</a> — of Laddonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AU-lived.html">Audrain County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MO.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="103.87.88">Ferris, Allen Frank</a> (1865-1903) — also known as Allen F. Ferris — of Brainerd, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CW-lived.html">Crow Wing County</a>, Minn. Born in Perrysburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/07-22.html">July 22, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1895-1902 (District 46 1895-98, District 48 1899-1902); delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/MN.html">1900</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 48th District, 1903; died in office 1903. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/appendicitis.html">appendicitis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">peritonitis</a>, in Brainerd, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CW-died.html">Crow Wing County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-07.html">September 7, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CW-buried.html#cms07950">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Brainerd, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William A. Ferris and Beulah A. (Allen) Ferris; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-08.html">June 8, 1887</a>, to Anna M. Steege; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/">1902</a> to Helen Barbara Nelson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/76831685">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12795">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="996.90.93">Ferris, Andrew C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County 3rd District, 1917. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="486.45.60">Ferris, Ann</a> — of Allegan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-lived.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="768.17.20">Ferris, Augustus F.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cayuga County, 1824. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ferris, B. F. See <a href="#970.30.56">Benjamin F. Ferris</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="852.48.16">Ferris, Benjamin</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County, 1805-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="748.54.13">Ferris, Benjamin</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County, 1807-08, 1824. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="970.30.56">Ferris, Benjamin F.</a> (c.1806-1876) — also known as B. F. Ferris; H. A. Johnson — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, about 1806. Justice of the Peace, 1853 to about 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1865-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>. While traveling under the pseudonym 'H. A. Johnson', <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">aboard the steamer</a> Amador on the Sacramento River, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">taking poison</a>, tying his feet together, and then jumping or falling overboard to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">drown</a> in the river, near Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-died.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/05-20.html">May 20, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="310.84.42">Ferris, Benjamin F.</a> — of Sherwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-lived.html">Branch County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Branch County, 1848. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="920.55.24">Ferris, Benjamin F.</a> (1815-1904) — of Aurora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-lived.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind.; Franklin Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RI-lived.html">Ripley County</a>, Ind. Born in Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/10-19.html">October 19, 1815</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/aurora.html#2">Aurora, Ind.</a>, 1839-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1865. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RI-died.html">Ripley County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-23.html">March 23, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RI-buried.html# ">St. Pauls United Methodist Cemetery</a>, Sunman, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#612.63.78">Abram Ferris</a> and Rhoda (Wheeler) Ferris; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-13.html">June 13, 1839</a>, to Martha Jane Taylor; nephew of <a href="#277.49.19">Ezra Ferris</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12030.html">Ferris family</a> of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19455444">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="779.34.69">Ferris, Benjamin G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TO-lived.html">Tompkins County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tompkins County 2nd District, 1851. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="645.02.01">Ferris, Charles D.</a> — of Massachusetts. Democrat. Member, Federal Communications Commission, 1977-81; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1977-81. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="855.83.25">Ferris, Charles Goadsby</a> (c.1796-1848) — of New York. Born in Throgg's Neck, Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-born.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y., about 1796. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 3rd District, 1834-35, 1841-43. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/06-04.html">June 4, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000090">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412148">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="991.07.80">Ferris, Chester A.</a> (1885-1948) — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Galion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/04-05.html">April 5, 1885</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1923-24, 1947-48; defeated (Republican), 1944, 1948; died in office 1948; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 13th District, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/09-22.html">September 22, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 170 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="197.15.19">Ferris, Claiborne</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County 1st District, 1869. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="768.20.27">Ferris, Clarence C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 24th District, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="541.29.68">Ferris, Cornelius, Jr.</a> (b. 1866) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; Fort Collins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/LR-lived.html">Larimer County</a>, Colo. Born in Hillsdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-born.html">Hillsdale County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/03-26.html">March 26, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-consuls.html ">Asuncion</a>, 1909-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JM-consuls.html ">Port Antonio</a>, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-consuls.html ">Bluefields</a>, 1914-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Mannheim</a>, 1916-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LP-consuls.html ">San Luis Potosi</a>, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-consuls.html ">Stettin</a>, 1924-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-consuls.html ">Cobh</a>, 1925-27; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-consuls.html ">Dublin</a>, as of 1929. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Cornelius Ferris and Ermina (Pratt) Ferris; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/06-20.html">June 20, 1900</a>, to Mary Elizabeth Beadle.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="062.14.94">Ferris, David</a> — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/PA.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="901.19.83">Ferris, E. F., Sr.</a> — of Chatham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MR-lived.html">Morris County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/chatham.html#2">Chatham, N.J.</a>, 1901-03. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="277.49.19">Ferris, Ezra</a> (1783-1857) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-lived.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind. Born in Stanwich, Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/04-26.html">April 26, 1783</a>. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/trhs.html">Indiana territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1814-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1816; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1816-19; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1820-22, 1826-27, 1830-31; defeated, 1831; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a>, 1822. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Lawrenceburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-died.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-19.html">April 19, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-buried.html#cms03745">Greendale Cemetery</a>, Lawrenceburg, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Ferris and Mary (Sherwood) Ferris; brother of <a href="#612.63.78">Abram Ferris</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/12-05.html">December 5, 1804</a>, to Catherine Thornell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/11-06.html">November 6, 1847</a>, to Amanda Abbott; uncle of <a href="#920.55.24">Benjamin F. Ferris</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12030.html">Ferris family</a> of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68894744">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="830.24.99">Ferris, Ezra C.</a> — of Croton-on-Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/crotononhudson.html#2">Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.</a>, 1901-07. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="828.91.94">Ferris, Fitch</a> — of Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Canaan, 1838-39. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="618.12.38">Ferris, Gideon</a> — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Greenwich, 1827. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ferris, Harvey See <a href="#245.80.85">T. Harvey Ferris</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="334.36.79">Ferris, Harvey D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cayuga County 1st District, 1880. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="572.56.52">Ferris, Henry C.</a> — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tampa.html">Mayor of Tampa, Fla.</a>, 1880-81; resigned 1881. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="418.19.66">Ferris, Howard</a> — of Hastings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-lived.html">Barry County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1965; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MI.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="538.66.82">Ferris, J. A.</a> — of Golden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Colo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/CO.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ferris, Jacob See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#095.37.24">Jacob Faris</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="994.06.07">Ferris, Jacob</a> (1822-1889) — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-lived.html">Montcalm County</a>, Mich.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/index.html">1822</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Montcalm District, 1859-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a>, 1867. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OT-buried.html#cms06660">Spring Lake Township Cemetery</a>, Spring Lake, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="300.52.73">Ferris, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Delaware County 2nd District, 1866, 1869. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="164.70.50">Ferris, John C.</a> — People's candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Iowa</a>, 1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="777.58.95">Ferris, John E.</a> — of Wisconsin. Republican. Independent Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1924. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="831.22.74">Ferris, John H.</a> (born c.1844) — of South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Darien, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., about 1844. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1887, 1889; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 13th District, 1893-96. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="729.25.31">Ferris, Joseph</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="954.63.84">Ferris, Joseph</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> 51st District, 1975-84. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="174.30.92">Ferris, Joshua</a> — of Greenwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Greenwich, 1834, 1838. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="966.28.21">Ferris, Joshua B.</a> — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stamford, 1836-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 12th District, 1840-41, 1849-50. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="036.78.42">Ferris, Justus A.</a> (b. 1823) — of Waxahachie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/EL-lived.html">Ellis County</a>, Tex. Born in Hudson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/03-26.html">March 26, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1853-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Texas state constitutional convention</a>, 1875. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/08-01.html">August 1, 1850</a>, to Mattie J. Crow.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="316.99.20">Ferris, Leonard W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 9th District, 1857-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="861.33.91">Ferris, Mary Ethel McCloud</a> — also known as Mary Ethel McCloud; Mrs. Woodbridge N. Ferris — of Big Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ME-lived.html">Mecosta County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1934, 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/">1921</a> to <a href="#958.38.43">Woodbridge Nathan Ferris</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="209.79.54">Ferris, Mortimer Y.</a> (b. 1881) — of Ticonderoga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Born in Brookline, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/03-29.html">March 29, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 33rd District, 1919-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NY.html">New York Republican State Committee</a>, 1927-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-parties.html">chair of Essex County Republican Party</a>, 1930-39. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward M. Ferris and Marion Eliza (Yale) Ferris; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/02-14.html">February 14, 1905</a>, to Elizabeth Leavitt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="123.92.03">Ferris, Myron B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TI-lived.html">Tioga County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tioga County, 1883; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 26th District, 1900. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="414.97.84">Ferris, Newton</a> — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/CA.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="768.72.34">Ferris, Norman</a> — of Murfreesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RU-lived.html">Rutherford County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/TN.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="372.44.73">Ferris, Ralph Hall</a> — of Michigan. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 13th District, 1914. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="487.89.13">Ferris, Richard</a> — of Bear Lake Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-lived.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Allegan County 1st District, 1871-72. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="448.01.21">Ferris, Robert J., Jr.</a> — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/toledo.html">mayor of Toledo, Ohio</a>, 1971. Still living as of 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="373.75.88">Ferris, Samuel B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County, 1839-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="287.27.91">Ferris, Scott</a> (1877-1945) — of Lawton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CO-lived.html">Comanche County</a>, Okla. Born in Neosho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/NE-born.html">Newton County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/11-03.html">November 3, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/trlg.html">Oklahoma territorial legislature</a>, 1904-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a>, 1907-21 (5th District 1907-15, 6th District 1915-21); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/OK.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/OK.html">1916</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oklahoma</a>, 1920; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/OK.html">Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma</a>, 1924-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1929. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>. Died in Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-died.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/06-08.html">June 8, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-buried.html#cms04481">Rose Hill Burial Park</a>, Oklahoma City, Okla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Scott Ferris and Anna M. (Thorp) Ferris; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Grace Hobbert.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swanee-swann.html#607.72.31">Fletcher B. Swank</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404048">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23230570">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="245.80.85">Ferris, T. Harvey</a> — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 36th District, 1911-12; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NY.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NY.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="304.31.75">Ferris, T. S.</a> — of Fairmont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MA-lived.html">Martin County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MN.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="663.75.84">Ferris, Thatcher I.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cayuga County, 1817-18, 1826. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="543.74.55">Ferris, Thomas J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis City 4th District, 1925-28. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="471.62.29">Ferris, Walton Canby</a> (b. 1900) — also known as Walton C. Ferris — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/12-02.html">December 2, 1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Palermo</a>, 1927-31. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="447.06.62">Ferris, William Canby</a> — also known as William C. Ferris — of Delaware. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ferris, Mrs. Woodbridge N. See <a href="#861.33.91">Mary Ethel McCloud Ferris</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="958.38.43">Ferris, Woodbridge Nathan</a> (1853-1928) — also known as Woodbridge N. Ferris; "The Big Rapids Schoolmaster"; "The Good Grey Governor" — of Big Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ME-lived.html">Mecosta County</a>, Mich. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a> near Spencer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/TI-born.html">Tioga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/01-06.html">January 6, 1853</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; founder and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 1892; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1902; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1907; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MI.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MI.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MI.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big Rapids Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/index.html">1924</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">bronchial pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-23.html">March 23, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ME-buried.html#cms00672">Highland View Cemetery</a>, Big Rapids, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Ferris, Jr. and Estella (Reed) Ferris; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Helen Frances Gillespie; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/">1921</a> to <a href="#861.33.91">Mary Ethel McCloud</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Ferris State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ME-names.html">Big Rapids, Michigan</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000092">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404049">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/woodbridge-nathan-ferris/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="586.37.64">Ferris, Zebulon</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. 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