Background
He was the son of Doctor Edward Mortimer Ferris and Marion Eliza (Yale) Ferris.
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Mortimer Yale Ferris
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He attended the public schools, and graduated Bachelor of Science
Career
In civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1903. They settled in Ticonderoga, New York, and had two daughters. He was President of the Village of Ticonderoga from 1916 to 1918.
He was Chairman of the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission which supervised the construction of two bridges over Lake Champlain: The Champlain Bridge from Crown Point, New York, to Chimney Point, Vermont, in 1929.
And a second bridge, from Rouses Point, New York, to Alburgh, Vermont, in 1937. He died on March 9, 1941, in Ticonderoga, New York, after a long illness.
Membership
Ferris was a member of the New York State Senate (33rd Doctorate) from 1919 to 1926, sitting in the 142nd, 143rd, 144th, 145th, 146th, 147th, 148th and 149th New York State Legislatures.
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Nationality
United States -
Political Party
Republican party