A. Idyl Ferree was a North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 Republican politician and attorney, based in Asheboro, NC.

Ferree was the Republican nominee for Congress in North Carolina's 7th congressional district

North Carolina's 7th congressional district

North Carolina's 7th congressional district is located in the southeastern corner of North Carolina. It covers Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson, and Sampson counties....

 in 1928 (losing to William C. Hammer

William C. Hammer

William Cicero Hammer was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born near Asheboro, North Carolina, Hammer attended private and common schools....

), for Congress in North Carolina's 4th congressional district

North Carolina's 4th congressional district

The Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina is located in the central region of the state and contains most of the area commonly known as The Triangle. It includes all of Durham and Orange counties, part of Wake County and a small section of Chatham County...

 in 1936 (losing to Harold D. Cooley

Harold D. Cooley

Harold Dunbar Cooley was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 - 1967...

), and for the U.S. Senate in 1944 (losing to Clyde R. Hoey

Clyde R. Hoey

Clyde Roark Hoey was a Democratic politician from North Carolina. He served in both houses of the state legislature and served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1919 to 1921. He was North Carolina's governor from 1937 to 1941. He entered the U.S...

).

He and his wife, Mabel, established the Ferree Foundation to provide higher educational scholarships to Randolph County students.