Background
John Ferguson was born on August 22, 1907, in Lexington, Nebraska, United States.
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American Diplomacy and the Boer War
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1512811467/?tag=2022091-20
1939
The American System of Government
(Discusses the Constitution and the executive, legislative...)
Discusses the Constitution and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, and looks at Federal policies involving foreign relations, national defense, the economy, the environment, and energy
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0070205280/?tag=2022091-20
1981
Politics Quaker Style: A History of the Quakers from 1624 to 1718
(Although the early Quakers disclaimed political intent, t...)
Although the early Quakers disclaimed political intent, their messianic objectives to align human society with the teachings of Jesus often put them at odds with government in seventeenth-century England.
https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Quaker-Style-Historical-Chronology-dp-0809511010/dp/0809511010/?tag=2022091-20
1995
John Henry Ferguson
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John Ferguson began his career as a high school teacher and principal in Monroe, Nebraska, in 1929. He was director of boys' work for the Friends Neighborhood Guild in Philadelphia between 1930 and 1934. He became an instructor at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, in 1934, rising to the rank of full professor of political science in 1947, a position he retained until his retirement in 1966.
Ferguson’s first book was American Diplomacy and the Boer War (1939), followed by two college textbooks, The American System of Government (1947) and The American Federal Government (1947), and many others, including his final book, Politics Quaker Style: A History of the Quakers from 1624 to 1718 (1995).
During the 1950s he served the office of the Governor of Pennsylvania as director of program evaluation, as secretary of administration, and as budget secretary.
Achievements
Works
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The American System of Government
(Discusses the Constitution and the executive, legislative...)
1981 -
Politics Quaker Style: A History of the Quakers from 1624 to 1718
(Although the early Quakers disclaimed political intent, t...)
1995 - American Diplomacy and the Boer War 1939
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The American System of Government
Religion
Ferguson was a lifelong Quaker and served the American Friends Service Committee as an administrative assistant during World War II and as a member of the executive board.
Membership
John Ferguson was president and senior associate of the Better Government Associates.
References
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Contemporary Authors
A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
2008
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Religion
Quaker
Career
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1929 - 1930
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1930 - 1934
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1934 - 1947
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1947 - 1966