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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Ferry, Orris Sanford
Ferry, Orris Sanford, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., August 15, 1823; pursued preparatory studies, and was graduated from Yale College, New Haven, Conn., in 1844; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1846 and practiced; appointed judge of probate in 1849; member of the State senate in 1855 and 1856; prosecuting attorney for Fairfield County 1856-1859; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; entered the Union Army on July 23, 1861, as colonel of the Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; was mustered out April 12, 1862, to enable him to accept an appointment as brigadier general of United States Volunteers; served in the latter capacity until June 15, 1865, when he was honorably discharged on tender of resignation; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate; reelected in 1873 by a combination of Independent Republicans and Democrats and served from March 4, 1867, until his death in Norwalk, Conn., November 21, 1875; interment in Norwalk Cemetery.
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Chicago:
U.S. Congress, "Ferry, Orris Sanford," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1153 Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=977WMAQ726SEW63.
MLA:
U.S. Congress. "Ferry, Orris Sanford." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1153, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=977WMAQ726SEW63.
Harvard:
U.S. Congress, 'Ferry, Orris Sanford' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1153. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=977WMAQ726SEW63.
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