George Ross (delegate)

George Ross ( born May 10, 1730 in New Castle, Delaware, colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain today, USA, † July 14, 1779 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ) has signed one of the representatives of Pennsylvania's Declaration of Independence of the United States, making it one of the founding fathers of the USA.

Ross was educated at home. He then studied law in the law office of his brother, John Ross, in accordance with the normal practices of that time and was approved in 1750 in Philadelphia to the legal profession. Originally a Tory, he served for twelve years as Attorney General and was in 1768 elected to the legislature of the province. Then his sympathies began to change and he became a strong supporter of the colonial parliaments in their conflict with the British Parliament.

Ross was a member of the safety committee and was elected to the Continental Congress. He was a colonel in the Continental Army and Vice President of the First Amendment Congress, Pennsylvania. He retired in 1777 because of his poor health from the Continental Congress back, and was appointed on 14 April 1779 the Marine Court of Pennsylvania. He died in office on his gout.