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  Fergusson, Harvey B.
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NameHarvey B. Fergusson
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Albuquerque, New Mexico , United States
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Born September 09, 1849
DiedJune 10, 1915 (65 years)
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Aug 08, 2015 04:08pm
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InfoFERGUSSON, Harvey Butler, a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a Representative from New Mexico; born near Pickensville, Pickens County, Ala., September 9, 1848; attended the public schools of Alabama; was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1873 and from the law department of that university in 1874; taught in the Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; moved to White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.Mex., in 1882, and to Albuquerque, N.Mex., in 1883; engaged in the practice of law; special United States attorney in 1893 and 1894; member of the Democratic National Committee 1896-1904; elected as a Democrat a Delegate to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress and for election in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; upon the admission of New Mexico as a State into the Union was elected to the Sixty-second Congress; reelected to the Sixty-third Congress and served from January 8, 1912, to March 3, 1915; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; died in Albuquerque, N.Mex., June 10, 1915.


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  11/03/1914 NM At-Large Lost 42.67% (-8.63%)
  11/05/1912 NM At-Large Won 45.58% (+8.71%)
  11/07/1911 NM At-Large - Initial Election Won 24.85% (+0.00%)
  11/04/1902 NM Territorial Delegate Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  11/08/1898 NM Territorial Delegate Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  11/03/1896 NM Territorial Delegate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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