OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Thomas White Ferry

BORN:
June 10, 1827
Mackinac Island, Michigan Territory

DIED:
October 13, 1896 (age 69)
Grand Haven, Michigan

EDUCATION:

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1850-1852:
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
1856:
Member of the Michigan Senate 
1865-1871:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-MI)
1866:
Delegate to the Loyalist Convention in Philadelphia 
1871-1883:
U.S. Senator from Michigan
1875-1879:
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate,
Presided over the impeachment of Secretary of War William Belknap,
Presided over the joint sessions of Congress regarding the disputed 1876 Hayes-Tilden election. 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia