Scott Ferris

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Scott Ferris | image = Scott Ferris.jpg | state1 = [[Oklahoma]] | constituency1 = {{ushr|OK|5|5th district}} (1907–1915)<br>{{ushr|OK|6|6th district}} (1915–1921) | term_start1 = November 16, 1907 | term_end1 = March 3, 1921 | preceded1 = ''District created'' | succeeded1 = [[L.M. Gensman]] | office2 = Member of the [[Oklahoma Territorial House]] from the 22nd district | term_start2 = 1905 | term_end2 = November 16, 1907 | predecessor2= Joseph K. Tuttle | successor2 = Position abolished | birth_date = {{birth-date|November 3, 1877}} | death_date = {{death-date and age|June 8, 1945|November 3, 1877}} | birth_place = [[Neosho, Missouri]], United States | death_place = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] | spouse = Grace Hubbert Ferris | children = | profession = [[Lawyer|Attorney]] politician

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farmer | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] | alma_mater = [[University of Missouri–Kansas City|Kansas City School of Law]]  |nickname = |allegiance = |branch = |service_years = |rank = |unit = |commands = |battles = |awards = |}} '''Scott Ferris''' (November 3, 1877 – June 8, 1945) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Oklahoma]].

==Early life== Ferris was born in [[Neosho, Missouri]] to Scott and Annie M. Ferris.<ref name="okh">[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FE015.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Ferris, Scott] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119150802/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FE015.html |date=2012-11-19 }} (accessed May 11, 2010).</ref> He attended the [[Public school (government funded)|public school]]s and was graduated from Newton County High School in 1897 and from the [[University of Missouri–Kansas City|Kansas City School of Law]] in 1901.<ref name="congbio">"[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000091 Ferris, Scott]," [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp |date=2010-04-23 }} {{CongBio|F000091}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[Bar association|bar]] in 1901 and commenced practice in [[Lawton, Oklahoma]], the same year.<ref name="congbio"/> On June 23, 1906, he married Grace Hubbert, the daughter of a prominent attorney, George Washington Hubbert.<ref name="pgrave">"[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferris.html Scott Ferris]," [http://politicalgraveyard.com Politicalgraveyard.com] (accessed May 11, 2010).</ref>

==Career==

Ferris served as member of the territorial [[Oklahoma House of Representatives]] in 1904 and 1905. Upon the admission of Oklahoma as a [[U.S. state|State]] into the [[United States|Union]], Ferris was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[60th United States Congress|60th Congress]]. He was reelected to the [[61st United States Congress|61st]] and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 16, 1907, until March 3, 1921.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scott Ferris|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/scott_ferris/404048|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> He served as chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|Committee on Public Lands]] ([[62nd United States Congress|62nd]] through [[65th United States Congress|65th]] Congresses). He did not seek renomination as a Representative, but was an unsuccessful candidate for [[United States Senator|Senator]].<ref name="pgrave"/> He won the Democratic primary against incumbent [[Thomas P. Gore]] but was defeated in the general election by Republican [[John W. Harreld]], receiving 45 percent of the vote.

In 1912 and in 1916 Ferris served as delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s.<ref name="congbio"/> He moved to [[New York City]] and engaged in the oil business from 1921 to 1924. Returning to Oklahoma in 1925, he served as [[Democratic National Committee]]man from Oklahoma from 1924 to 1940. He resumed the [[practice of law]]; engaged in the oil business and in agricultural pursuits.

His wife, Grace Hubbert Ferris, died unexpectedly of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 9, 1944.

==Death== Ferris died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla., June 8, 1945 (age 67 years, 217 days). He is [[burial|interred]] at Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City.<ref name="pgrave"/>

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FE015.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Ferris, Scott] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119150802/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FE015.html |date=2012-11-19 }} * {{Find a Grave|23230570}}

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