Isaac Edward Ferguson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Isaac Edward Ferguson

political activist

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1888

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1964

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Isaac Edward "Ed" Ferguson (1888–1964) was a North American lawyer and political activist.
A founding member of the Communist Party of America, forerunner of the Communist Party, USA, Ferguson is best remembered a co-defendant and attorney in a highly publicized 1920 trial together with party leader C.
E.
Ruthenberg for alleged violation of New York state law against so-called "criminal anarchism." Following conviction and a term served at Sing Sing prison, Ferguson withdrew from radical politics to become a prominent Chicago civil rights attorney.