Scott C. Fergus

Fergus was born on January 27, 1955, in Racine, Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.WIBlueBk1989.p0077&id=WI.WIBlueBk1989&isize=text|title=Members of State Legislature|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book|access-date=2013-06-29}} He graduated from Washington Park High School and Carthage College.{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2205&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=F|title=Fergus, Scott C. 1955|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=2013-06-29}}

Fergus was first elected to the Assembly in 1984 and was re-elected in 1986 and 1988. In 1989, Fergus was one of about a dozen Wisconsin legislators caught up in a "John Doe" investigation of improper gifts from lobbyists. Fergus ultimately paid about $2,000 in fines.{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-lawmakers-convicted-of-crimes-in-past-years/article_1d46665b-fed2-53dc-804c-b9714a4a920f.html|title= 21 state lawmakers convicted of crimes in past 35 years |publisher=Wisconsin State Journal |last=Hall |first=Dee|date= 2014-11-26|access-date=2019-02-22}}

In May, 1990, Fergus announced he would not seek re-election and would instead take a job as Vice President of the Wisconsin Realtors Association.{{cite web|url=https://journaltimes.com/news/local/fergus-quits/article_fde8f70c-32e4-527b-b0b2-8a833cc409c3.html|title= Fergus quits|publisher=Racine Journal Times|last= Hanneman|first=Joe|date= 1990-05-30|access-date=2019-02-22}}

A few years later he founded the Nexus Builders Group, a construction company, and moved into residential and commercial property development as President of the KeyBridge Development Group.{{cite web|url=https://journaltimes.com/news/local/scott-fergus-biography/article_ebb36b2c-bfb7-5e0c-9fa3-704a98523f39.html|title= Scott Fergus biography |publisher= Racine Journal Times|last= Burke|first=Mick|date= 2005-09-21 |access-date=2019-02-22}} In 2008, Fergus went bankrupt pursuing two major residential development projects, Pointe Blue, on the Racine harbor, and First Place, a condo development in Milwaukee.{{cite web|url=https://journaltimes.com/news/local/fergus-bankruptcy-to-cost-creditors-about-million/article_ef8eac4f-7e01-5cfa-aaf5-d7274c4bcb1b.html |title= Fergus' bankruptcy to cost creditors about $81 million |publisher= Racine Journal Times|last= Burke|first=Michael|date= 2008-04-02|access-date= 2019-02-22}}

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Category:1955 births

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Category:Politicians from Racine, Wisconsin

Category:Carthage College alumni

Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

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