Charles G. Ferris

Charles Goadsby Ferris (* 1796 in Throgs Neck , New York , † June 4, 1848 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives from 1834 to 1835 and from 1841 to 1843 .

Career

Charles Goadsby Ferris was born in The Homestead in the late 18th century . He received a limited education. He then studied law and began practicing law in New York City after receiving his license to practice law. Ferris served on the Board of Aldermen in 1832 and 1833 . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction at the time . He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third electoral district of New York on December 1, 1834 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dudley Selden . He later joined the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1840 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the third electoral district of New York, where on March 4, 1841 he succeeded Moses Hicks Grinnell , Edward Curtis , Josiah O. Hoffman and James Monroe , who previously together represented the third district in the US House of Representatives. While serving as a congressman, he was instrumental in securing congressional funding for the construction of the first telegraph line. He died in New York City on June 4, 1848 after the Mexican-American War .

Web links

• Charles G. Ferris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)