Harvey Butler Fergusson

Harvey Butler Fergusson ( born September 9, 1848 Pickensville, Pickens County, Alabama, † June 10, 1915 in Albuquerque, New Mexico ) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1899 he represented the New Mexico Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives; 1912-1915 he was there the first members of the first electoral district of the state of New Mexico.

Early years

Harvey Fergusson attended the public schools of his home in Alabama. Then he studied until 1873 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington. He then studied at the same university until 1874 Jura. After qualifying as a lawyer, he began in 1875 in Wheeling (West Virginia) to work in his new profession. In 1882 he moved to the New Mexico Territory, where he first settled in Albuquerque in White Oaks and then in 1883. In his new home he was working as a lawyer. Between 1893 and 1894 he was a federal prosecutor in this area.

Political career

Fergusson was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1896 and 1904 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee. 1896 Harvey Fergusson was elected delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he Thomas B. Catron replaced on March 4, 1897. After he was not re-elected in 1898, his seat fell on March 4, 1899 Pedro Perea. In 1902, Fergusson again applied unsuccessfully for a return to Congress.

After recording of New Mexico as a regular state in the Union Fergusson was elected as one of the first two congressman next to George Curry in the U.S. House of Representatives. This mandate he held between 8 January 1912 to 3 March 1915. In contrast to his time as a delegate he now had full voting rights as a regular deputy. In 1914 he was not re-elected. Harvey Fergusson died three months after his resignation from the Congress.