Jonathan Ross (politician)

Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross (*  the thirtieth April 1826 in Waterford , Caledonia County , Vermont ; †  23. February 1905 in St. Johnsbury , Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ), of the state of Vermont in the US Senate took .

Life

After attending school, Ross graduated from Dartmouth College in 1851 . He was director of two high schools in Chelsea and Craftsbury from 1851 to 1856 . After completing his law degree , he was admitted to the bar in 1856; he began to practice in St. Johnsbury. From 1862 to 1863 he was a district attorney in Caledonia County; from 1866 to 1870 he was a member of the State Board of Education . From 1870 Ross was a judge at the Vermont Supreme Court ; from 1890 to 1899 he was its chairman as Chief Justice .

Ross was married twice. He had eight children with his first wife, Eliza Ann Carpenter, whom he married in 1852. A few years after her death, he married Helen Daggert in 1886. Both women are buried by his side in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in St. Johnsbury.

politics

As a member of the Republican Party, Ross was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1865 , to which he belonged until 1867; in 1870 he was a member of the State Senate . Almost 30 years later he resumed his political activity when he was appointed US Senator by his party to succeed the late Justin Smith Morrill . He remained in this position until October 1900. He could not be run for re-election. In the Senate he was chairman of the committee responsible for the civil service.

According to politics

After his time in the Senate, Ross was Chairman of the Board of State Railways Departments from 1900 to 1902.

Web links

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