Ross Bass

Ross Bass

Ross Bass (born March 17, 1918 in Pulaski , Tennessee , † January 1, 1993 in Miami Shores , Florida ) was an American politician . He represented the state of Tennessee in both houses of Congress .

Career

Ross Bass attended Martin Methodist College in Pulaski in 1941 . During World War II , he served as a captain in the Army Air Corps . After the war he was the owner of a soft drink bottling plant, florist and art gardener. He carried out this activity in 1946 and 1947. He then worked from 1947 to 1954 as a postmaster in Pulaski.

Bass was elected a Democrat in the 84th and four subsequent Congresses in 1954. He represented the sixth constituency of Tennessee, which also included Pulaski, in the US House of Representatives . During his tenure in the House of Representatives in 1956, he refused to sign the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. He worked as a member of parliament from January 3, 1955 until his resignation on November 3, 1964, when US Senator Estes Kefauver died.

A democratic primary election was to be held in August 1964 for the remaining term of office that had not yet expired. Bass campaigned and, to the amazement of some, defeated Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement . He then beat Republican Howard Baker in November and took on Kefauver's remaining two-year term. Bass' tenure ran from November 4, 1964 to January 2, 1967. He then ran again for the US Senate, but this time failed to Baker. After serving in Congress, Bass owned a consulting firm in Washington, DC. In 1976 , he ran again unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives.

Ross Bass lived in Miami Shores, Florida until his death on January 1, 1993.

Web links

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