| LC control no. | n 94123289 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ferguson, Homer, 1888-1982 |
| Birth date | 18890225 |
| Death date | 19821217 |
| Place of birth | Harrison City (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Grosse Pointe (Mich.) |
| Affiliation | University of Michigan Michigan. Circuit Court (Wayne County) Detroit College of Law United States. Congress. Senate United States. Department of State United States. Court of Military Appeals Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers College teachers Ambassadors |
| Found in | Today with Mrs. Roosevelt. 1950-03-19 [MP] 1950 (Sen. Homer Ferguson, guest; film not viewed) NBC program analysis file: program file [MI], 1951N-1952A (guest, Sen. Homer Ferguson) Biographical directory of the United States Congress 1774-1989, 1989 (Homer Ferguson; lawyer, judge and U.S. Senator from Michigan; b. 2-25-1889; d. 12-17-1982) WWWA: v. 8 1982-1985 (Ferguson, Homer; federal judge; b. Feb. 25, 1888; d. Dec. 17, 1982) New York Times, Dec. 19, 1982, surrogate: p. 44 (Homer Ferguson died Friday (Dec. 17, 1982) in Grosse Pointe. He was 94 years old; b. in Harrison City, Pa. on Feb. 25, 1888) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, July 24, 2015 (Ferguson, Homer Samuel, a Senator from Michigan; born in Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pa., February 25, 1889; attended the public schools and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1913; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Detroit, Mich.; circuit judge of the circuit court for Wayne County, Mich., 1929-1942; professor of law at Detroit (Mich.) College of Law 1929-1939; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1942; reelected in 1948 and served from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1955; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954; chairman, Republican Policy Committee (Eighty-third Congress); Ambassador to the Philippines 1955-1956; judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals at Washington, D.C., 1956-1971; served as senior judge on the United States Court of Military Appeals 1971-1976; resident of Grosse Point, Mich., until his death on December 17, 1982; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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