Background
Ferris was born in 1802 in Spencer, New York, where his father was a prominent citizen.
Ferris was born in 1802 in Spencer, New York, where his father was a prominent citizen.
He studied law at Union College in Schenectady and graduated in 1828.
He received his secondary education in Spencer and Canandaigua. He was District Attorney of Tompkins County, New York from 1840 to 1845. He was President of the Village of Ithaca in 1841 and 1852.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca in 1855.
Ferris was appointed by President Millard Fillmore as Secretary of the Territory of Utah in 1852. Ferris died in 1891 at the age of 89.
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He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Tompkins Company, 2nd Doctorate) in 1851.