Jo McCown Ferguson

Background

Ferguson, Jo McCown was born on April 5, 1915 in Central City, Kentucky, United States. Son of Jo Marvin and Willie Mae (Cain) Ferguson.

Education

University of Kentucky (Bachelor of Arts, 1937. 1961. Brigadier d’Honneur, French Army, 1944.

Career

Worked at Harper, Ferguson & Davis. Admitted to the bar, 1938, Kentucky. Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.

Order of the Coif.

Associate Professor of Law, University of Kentucky, 1949. Assistant Attorney General, Kentucky, 1948-1956. Attorney General, Kentucky, 1956-1960.

Commissioner of Economic Security of Kentucky, 1960-1961.

Brigadier d"Honneur, French Army, 1944. Chairman: Governor"s Constitutional Revision Committee, Kentucky, 1961.

Governor"s Task Force on Finance, 1977-1978. Member: Louisville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky and American Bar Associations.

(Retired).

Achievements

• Jo McCown Ferguson has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Governor's Committee on Constitutional Revision, 1961-1962. Chairman Governor's Task Force on Finance, 1976-1977. President Kentucky History Society, 1988-1990.

Chief Property Control branch Military Government, Bavaria, 1946-1947. Captain Army of the United States, 1944-1947, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Southern Attorneys General (chairman 1957-1958).

Connections

Married Margarita Hauser, July 12, 1947. Children– Rita, Diane, Jo Frances.

Father:

Jo Marvin Ferguson

Mother:

Willie Mae (Cain) Ferguson

Spouse:

Margarita Hauser

child:

Jo Frances Ferguson

child:

Rita Ferguson

child:

Diane Ferguson