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    Thomas White Ferry (June 10, 1827 – October 13, 1896), or T.W. Ferry, was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and acting Vice President of the United...
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  • S.representative and later U.S. senator from Michigan Thomas W. Ferry. Ferry was home to Ferry Community Schools for many years. In 1995 the school system...
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    senators have risen to the position of President pro tempore, and one (Thomas W. Ferry) served as President of the Senate from November 22, 1875 to March...
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    Republican to the United States Senate in 1883 after decorated Senator Thomas W. Ferry handpicked Palmer as his successor. He served from March 4, 1883, to...
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    creation was largely the result of efforts by United States Senator Thomas W. Ferry, a native of the island. Senate Bill 28 "to set aside a certain portion...
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    named as the first national park. This was thanks to U.S. Senator Thomas W. Ferry, who was born on the Island and lobbied for the park. To accommodate...
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    Johnson. Vice President Henry Wilson died on November 22, 1875. Senator Thomas W. Ferry, being President pro tempore of the Senate, was next in the line of...
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    years in Washington. Two prominent politicians who lived here were Thomas W. Ferry and Henry Clay (who died at the National). John Wilkes Booth had been...
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  • University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Michigan's United States Senator Thomas W. Ferry, was President pro tempore of the United States Senate from March 9...
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    unacceptable to most Federalists, who did not want the then secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson, who had become the leader of the opposition Democratic-Republicans...
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