Thomas M. Ferrell

Infobox Congressman
name = Thomas Merrill Ferrell


state = New Jersey
district = 1^st
term_start = March 4, 1883
term_end = March 3, 1885
preceded = George M. Robeson
succeeded = George Hires
birth_date = June 20, 1844
birth_place = Glassboro, New Jersey
death_date = October 20, 1916
death_place = Glassboro, New Jersey
nationality = American
party = Democrat

Thomas Merrill Ferrell (June 20, 1844 - October 20, 1916) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.

Born in Glassboro, New Jersey, Ferrell attended the common schools and completed an academic course. Ferrell was elected a member of the Glassboro township committee in 1872 and 1873. He served as president of Hollow Ware Glassworkers' Association 1878-1883. He served as member of the school board 1885-1890, serving as its president in 1887. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1879 and 1880, and as a member of the New Jersey Senate in 1880 and 1881.

Ferrell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.

After leaving Congress, he was employed as a glassware salesman. He died in Glassboro, New Jersey, October 20, 1916, and was interred in Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#R9M0IWNO4 Thomas Merrill Ferrell] at The Political Graveyard
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