Keywords: Orris S. Ferry - Brady-Handy.jpg Hon Orris Sanford Ferry of Conn Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00103 CALL NUMBER LC-BH83- 156 <P P>P P between 1860 1875 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD LOC-image cwpbh 00103 Orris Sanford Ferry August 15 1823 November 21 1875 was a Republican American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate Ferry went to the Hopkins School and then later graduated from Yale in 1844 Ferry's first elected office was as a probate judge and later served a term as a state senator from 1855-1856 During the Civil War he volunteered as part of the initial defence of Washington and later was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-Brady-Handy DEFAULTSORT Ferry Orris S Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Black and white photographic portraits of men Senators of the United States from Connecticut Members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut Connecticut State Senators Republicans from Connecticut Brigadier generals 1823 births 1875 deaths |