sentences:  In 1900, Ferry was elected to the Michigan State House of Representatives as a representative from Wayne County, and served for two terms through 1904.He was president of the Michigan State Board of Education from 1906 through 1912.He was one of the founders of the Provident Loan and Savings Society in 1906, along with Tracy W. McGregor, J. L. Hudson, and James Ingles, and was a trustee of Grace Hospital.