| Joshua Beal Ferris | |
| Office: | Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th District |
| Term Start: | 1840 |
| Term End: | 1842[1] |
| Predecessor: | Thomas B. Butler |
| Successor: | Clark Bissell |
| Term Start2: | 1849 |
| Term End2: | 1851 |
| Predecessor2: | Thomas B. Butler |
| Successor2: | Charles Marvin |
| Office3: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Stamford |
| Term Start3: | 1836 |
| Term End3: | 1839 |
| Predecessor3: | Royal L. Gay, Selleck Scofield |
| Successor3: | Selleck Scofield, Samuel Lockwood |
| Alongside3: | Selleck Scofield |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1804[2] [3] |
| Birth Place: | Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Restingplace: | Stamford, Connecticut |
| Alma Mater: | Yale College (1823) |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Party: | Whig |
| Spouse: | Sally Ann Peters (m. 1823) |
Joshua Beal Ferris (January 13, 1804 – June 8, 1886) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Stamford from 1838 to 1839, and a member of the Connecticut Senate representing Connecticut's 12th Senate District from 1840 to 1842, and from 1849 to 1851. In 1851, he was Senate President Pro Tempore.[2]
He graduated from Yale College in 1823, and thereafter opened a preparatory school in Stamford, where he taught until 1833.[2]
He was admitted to the bar in 1829, and began practicing law in Fairfield County in 1833.[2] At one point he was partners with Calvin G. Child.
In the election of 1848, Ferris was elected a presidential elector for the Whig Party. He cast his vote for Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore for President and Vice President of the United States.[2]