Mike Ferguson is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 22, 1970 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States. Michael A. Michael A. Ferguson was born July 22, 1970. He is an American Republican Party politician and served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009. Ferguson is now a Senior Advisor at BakerHostetler, and the leader of BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy Team.
Ferguson received the 2005 Outstanding Legislator of the year award from the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also received the 2006 Legislator of the the Year Award by the National Visiting Nurses Association and the 2007 Congressional Award of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
In 2005, citing his family’s own experience in providing care to his mother as she fought cancer, Ferguson sponsored the Lifespan Respite Care Act, which authorized $289 million in grants to states to train volunteers and provide respite care services to sick and elderly family members or children with special needs. President George W. Bush signed Ferguson’s legislation into law December 21, 2006.
Ferguson announced on November 19, 2007, that he would not run for re-election in 2008, stating that he wanted to spend more time with his family. He was succeeded by fellow Republican Leonard Lance, a state senator. Ferguson and his wife Maureen have five children.
By a wide margin, Ferguson beat Steve Brozak and Tim Carden in 2002 and 2004.
