Orange Ferriss

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"(November 26, 1814 -- April 11, 1894). Orange Ferriss was a(n) lawyer, justice of the peace, inspector of public schools, corporation clerk, judge, surrogate, commissioner, auditor, and American politician. He was born in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1840. Ferriss was a justice of the peace (1838 -1841 & 1845-1848), inspector of public schools (1839 & 1840), corporation clerk (1839 - 1842), county judge and surrogate of Warren County (1851 - 1863). Orange also was appointed by President Grant as commissioner of southern claims (1871 -1877) and was 2nd Auditor of the Treasury (May 12, 1880 - June 19th, 1885). He was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and served as chairman on the Committee on Mines and Mining (41st Congress). Ferriss was not elected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=F000093]"

Member of New York Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875, New York Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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