Joshua Beal Ferris (January 13, 1804 – June 8, 1886) was a member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

representing Stamford from 1838 to 1839, and a member of the

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representing Connecticut's 12th Senate District from 1840 to 1842, and from 1849 to 1851. In 1851, he was

Senate President Pro Tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

. He graduated from

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in 1823, and thereafter opened a preparatory school in Stamford, where he taught until 1833. He was admitted to the bar in 1829, and began practicing law in Fairfield County in 1833. At one point he was partners with

Calvin G. Child Judge Calvin Goddard Child (April 6, 1834 – September 28, 1880) was an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut from 1870 to 1880. Family Calvin Goddard Child was born in Norwich, Connecticut ...

. In the election of 1848, Ferris was elected a

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for the Whig Party. He cast his vote for

Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to th ...

and

Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853; he was the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Represen ...

for President and Vice President of the United States.

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