American politician
Joshua Beal Ferris (January 13, 1804 – June 8, 1886) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Stamford from 1838 to 1839, and a member of the Connecticut Senate representing Connecticut's 12th Senate District from 1840 to 1842, and from 1849 to 1851. In 1851, he was Senate President Pro Tempore.[2]
He graduated from Yale College in 1823, and thereafter opened a preparatory school in Stamford, where he taught until 1833.[2]
He was admitted to the bar in 1829, and began practicing law in Fairfield County in 1833.[2] At one point he was partners with Calvin G. Child.
In the election of 1848, Ferris was elected a presidential elector for the Whig Party. He cast his vote for Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore for President and Vice President of the United States.[2]
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