US SENATOR PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AMBASSADOR PHILIPPINES FERGUSON LETTER SIGNED VF

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Here’s a US Senate Letter Signed by Michigan Statesman
HOMER SAMUEL FERGUSON
(1889 - 1982)
US REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN 1943-1955,
UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER 1955-1956
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JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF MILITARY APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES 1956-1971
Lloyd Bridges portrayed Senator Ferguson in the 1988 movie
“Tucker: The Man and His Dream.”
In 1943, Ferguson was one of 12 senators who sponsored or co-sponsored the
“Jewish Peoples Rescue Resolution,”
which would have declared that Congress "
recommends and urges the creation by the President of a commission of diplomatic, economic, and military experts to formulate and effectuate a plan of immediate action designed to save the surviving Jewish people of Europe from extinction at the hands of Nazi Germany
."
Ferguson also sponsored an anti-lynching bill, which was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in June 1949, and
introduced the Senate version of the bill that inserted "under God" into the
Pledge of Allegiance
in 1954
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HERE'S A TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY CHAVEZ ON
“UNITED STATES SENATE -
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
”
L
ETTERHEAD,
1p,
DATED JUNE 10, 1947
TO
EDWARD F. McGINNIS
SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE,
REQUESTING THAT A CARTOON BE FRAMED FOR HIS CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE.
The document measures 8” x 10½” and is in VF condition.
A FINE RELIC OF MICHIGAN POLITICAL HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE HOMER SAMUEL FERGUSON
Homer Samuel Ferguson
(February 25, 1889 – December 17, 1982) was a
United States Senator
from
Michigan
. He was born in the
Pittsburgh
suburb of
Harrison City, Pennsylvania
to parents Samuel Ferguson (Oct. 1857 in Pennsylvania – 1933) and Margaret Bush (Nov. 1857 in Pennsylvania – 1940).
Education and early career
Ferguson attended public schools and the
University of Pittsburgh
. He graduated from the
University of Michigan
at
Ann Arbor
in 1913, was admitted to the
bar
the same year and commenced practice in
Detroit, Michigan
. He was judge of the
circuit court
for
Wayne County, Michigan
from 1929–1942 and also professor of law at
Detroit College of Law
(now part of
Michigan State University
) from 1929 to 1939.
Senator
Elected as a
Republican
to the United States Senate in 1942 and was reelected in 1948, serving from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1955. Ferguson successfully was re-elected in 1948, a year dominated by the Democratic Party's upset wins. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954, defeated by
Democrat
Patrick V. McNamara
.
While in the Senate, he served as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee in the
83rd United States Congress
.
In 1943, Ferguson was one of 12 senators who sponsored or co-sponsored the Rescue Resolution, which would have declared that Congress "recommends and urges the creation by the President of a commission of diplomatic, economic, and military experts to formulate and effectuate a plan of immediate action designed to save the surviving Jewish people of Europe from extinction at the hands of Nazi Germany."
[1]
In 1948, he served as chairman of the
Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments
, which held hearings on such matters as
export control
violations, for which
Soviet
spy
William Remington
was called in to testify; the trial of
Nazi
war criminal
Ilse Koch
; and the
Mississippi
Democratic Party
's sale of postal jobs, which Mississippians from rural areas attested to purchasing. On July 30, 1948, his committee heard testimony from ex-Soviet spy
Elizabeth Bentley
. Bentley testified before the
House Un-American Activities Committee
the next day, followed by
Whittaker Chambers
a few days later – setting off the
Hiss Case
, used by both
Richard Nixon
and
Joseph McCarthy
for their own political agendas.
[2]
Ferguson sponsored an anti-lynching bill, which was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in June 1949.
[3]
The House of Representatives had approved several anti-lynching bills. Due to opposition from Southern Democrats, no anti-lynching bill was ever approved by the full Senate.
He introduced the Senate version of the bill that inserted "under God" into the
Pledge of Allegiance
in 1954.
Michigan's 17th congressional district
United States House of Representatives
Republican
Charles G. Oakman
had previously introduced a House version. The bill became law on
Flag Day
, June 14, 1954.
Also in 1954, Ferguson proposed several amendments to the
Bricker Amendment
.
Later life
Ferguson served as
United States Ambassador
to the
Philippines
from 1955 to 1956 and was judge of the
United States Court of Military Appeals
at
Washington, D.C.
from 1956 to 1971.
He served as senior judge on the United States Court of Military Appeals from 1971 to 1976.
In 1976, he retired and moved back to Michigan and resided in
Grosse Pointe
until his death. He is interred in
Woodlawn Cemetery
, in Detroit.
Ferguson's involvement behind the scenes in influencing the failed investigation, trial, and slander of
Preston Tucker
by the
Securities and Exchange Commission
has long been speculated.
Lloyd Bridges
portrayed Ferguson in the 1988 film
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
in which Tucker was played by the elder actor's son
Jeff Bridges
.
References
1.
Wyman, David S. (1984).
The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945
. Pantheon Books. p. 194.
ISBN
0-394-74077-7
. Retrieved
10 November
2018
.
2.
Olmsted, Kathryn S. (2002).
Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley
. The University of North Carolina Press. pp. 129–139.
ISBN
0-8078-2739-8
. Retrieved
1 March
2018
.
3.
"Committee Approves Anti-Lynching Bill; Senate's First Formal Action on 'Rights
'
"
. New York Times. 7 June 1948
. Retrieved
10 November
2018
.
4.
Thomas-Lester, Avis (June 14, 2005).
"A Senate Apology for History on Lynching"
. Washington Post
. Retrieved
10 November
2018
.
5. Homer Ferguson – Find a Grave.
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