Homer S. Ferguson

Homer Samuel Ferguson (* February 25, 1889 in Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; † 17 December 1982) was an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party.

Early life and legal career

Originally from a suburb of Pittsburgh Ferguson began after school to study law at the University of Pittsburgh. Later he moved to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he graduated in 1913. In the same year he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Detroit. In 1929 he became a judge at the District Court of Wayne County, a position he held until 1942; during which he was also from 1929 to 1939 law lecturer at the Detroit College of Law (now a part of Michigan State University).

Policy

1942 Homer Ferguson was first elected for the Republicans in the U.S. Senate; six years later was re-elected, so he remained until January 3, 1955 at the Congress; after which he was forced to resign his seat to the Democrats Patrick V. McNamara. During his time as a senator in 1954, he stood in front of the Republican Policy Committee and was the fourth highest representative of the party hierarchy in the Senate. In the same year he brought a bill, according to which the supplement " under God " should be introduced into the Pledge of Allegiance ( under God ), and was successful.

After the time in the Senate

After he resigned from the Congress, Ferguson was appointed as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines. After he had held this office from 1955 to 1956, he returned to Washington, where he was from 1956 to 1976 Judge at the Court of Appeals for the U.S. armed forces. After his retirement he moved back to Michigan and lived until his death in 1982, in Grosse Pointe.