ferree, arris, idyl, ferree, october, 1890, june, 1965, american, politician, attorney, republican, based, asheboro, north, carolina, ferree, served, consecutive, terms, north, carolina, house, representatives, graduate, school, wake, forest, college, elected,. Arris Idyl Ferree October 9 1890 June 19 1965 1 was an American politician and attorney A Republican based in Asheboro North Carolina Ferree served two non consecutive terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives He was a graduate of the law school at Wake Forest College He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives at least twice serving in the 1925 and 1943 legislatures 2 Ferree was the Republican nominee for Congress in North Carolina s 7th congressional district in 1928 losing to William C Hammer for Congress in North Carolina s 4th congressional district in 1936 losing to Harold D Cooley for North Carolina Secretary of State in 1940 losing to Thad Eure and for the U S Senate in 1944 losing to Clyde R Hoey He and his wife Mabel established the Ferree Foundation to provide higher educational scholarships to Randolph County students 3 References Edit FamilySearch org Eure Thad ed 1943 North Carolina Manual 1943 Raleigh North Carolina North Carolina Secretary of State p 448 Retrieved February 26 2023 About Us Ferree Foundation OurCampaigns comParty political officesPreceded byCharles A Jonas Republican nominee for U S Senator from North Carolina Class 3 1944 Succeeded byHalsey B Leavitt nbsp nbsp This article about a North Carolina politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A I Ferree amp oldid 1159695436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,