Education
Ferguson was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, and graduated from Davidson College with a double major in political science and economics in 2005.
Ferguson was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, and graduated from Davidson College with a double major in political science and economics in 2005.
The district is composed of parts of Baltimore City. On September 14, 2010, Ferguson defeated six-term incumbent George West. Della, Junior. in the Democratic primary. At the age of 32, he is currently the youngest state senator in Maryland.
He then joined Teach Foreign America, teaching history and government to ninth and tenth graders at a high school in Baltimore for two years.
In 2007, he earned a Master of Arts degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Ferguson served as a community liaison on educational issues for the president of the Baltimore City Council from 2005 to 2006.
From 2009 to 2010, he was a special assistant to Andres Alonso, the chief executive officer of Baltimore City Public Schools. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 2010.
In 2010, Ferguson challenged six-term incumbent George West. Della, Junior. for the Democratic nomination for the 46th district in the He is the youngest state senator ever elected in Maryland.