James Ross (politician)

James Ross (born July 12, 1762 in Delta , York County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  November 27, 1847 in Allegheny City , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party ) who represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US Senate .

James Ross

Life

James Ross attended an ancient language school near his home town of Delta. He then moved to Canonsburg and taught Latin at a college that later became Washington & Jefferson College . He also studied law , was inducted into the Bar in 1784, and began practicing law in the City of Washington , specializing in land law.

From 1789 to 1790 he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention for Pennsylvania. He was then appointed by President George Washington to negotiate with the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion , and he managed to resolve the problem without violent escalation. On April 1, 1794, he was finally elected US Senator for his state by the Pennsylvania General Assembly after the election of his predecessor Albert Gallatin had been invalidated. He took his seat in Congress from April 24, 1794 and counted there to the pro-administration faction, which supported the policies of the federal government under George Washington; later the Federalist Party was formed from it. After he had won the regular election against William Irvine in 1797 , Ross could remain in the Senate until March 3, 1803, where he introduced a bill on public land and from 1801 the policy of the newly elected US President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic Republicans fought.

Ross also ran for the office of governor of Pennsylvania three times , but to no avail. He lost in 1799 and 1802 to Thomas McKean and 1808 to Simon Snyder . After leaving the Senate, he worked as a lawyer again and died in November 1847 in Allegheny City, which is now part of the city of Pittsburgh. The Ross County in the state of Ohio and the Ross Township in Pennsylvania are named after him.

Web links

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• James Ross in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Ross in the database of Find a Grave (English)