Thomas R. Ross
| Thomas Randolph Ross | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's first district |
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In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 |
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| Preceded by | William Henry Harrison |
| Succeeded by | James W. Gazlay |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's second district |
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In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
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| Preceded by | John Wilson Campbell |
| Succeeded by | John Woods |
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October 26, 1788 New Garden Township, Pennsylvania |
| Died | June 28, 1869 (aged 80) Lebanon, Ohio |
| Resting place | Lebanon Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Thomas Randolph Ross (October 26, 1788 – June 28, 1869) was a United States Representative from Ohio.
Born in New Garden Township, Pennsylvania, Ross completed preparatory studies. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Lebanon, Ohio, in 1810.
Ross was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Lebanon. He lost his eyesight in 1866. He died on his farm near Lebanon, Ohio, June 28, 1869, and was interred in Lebanon Cemetery. His brother-in-law was former Ohio Governor Thomas Corwin, who married his sister Sarah.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
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