Life and Early Career
Ferguson was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He attended the Delbarton School, the University of Notre Dame and has an M.P.P. from the Georgetown University.
Before running for Congress he worked as a teacher at a private school, and worked as a part time as an instructor at a community college.
Ferguson was Executive Director of the Catholic Campaign for America, whose board members include William Bennett, Tom Monaghan and Mary Ellen Bork (wife of Robert Bork). Other notable members of the Catholic Campaign for America include Rick Santorum and Pat Buchanan. He also served as the executive director of the Better Schools Foundation, which was founded by Lamar Alexander and whose purpose was to promote the use of school vouchers.
Read more about this topic: Mike Ferguson (New Jersey Politician)
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