Fergusson, H. B
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 9, 1848, in Alabama. He belongs to a family that settled in the south in colonial days, several members of which distinguished themselves in the civil and military offices of the colonies and later in the service of the young republic; his father was an officer in the confederate army, and did excellent service under Gen. Lee until the close of the struggle; graduated from the Washington and Lee university, Lexington, Va., with the degree of M. A., in 1873. He graduated from the law department of that university in 1874, and commenced the practice of his profession at Wheeling, W. Va., where he remained until the year 1882.
In 1884 he located in Albuquerque, N. M., where he has since successfully practiced his profession. He was elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a democrat.