John Ross (representative)

John Ross ( born February 24, 1770 in Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, † January 31, 1834 in Easton, Pennsylvania) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1809 and 1811, and again from 1815 to 1818, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After studying law in West Chester and his 1792 was admitted as an attorney in Easton John Ross began to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. In 1800 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Between 1800 and 1803 he served as usher at the guardianship court. He also was employed 1800-1809 as County Register at the District Administration.

In the congressional elections of 1808, Ross was in the second electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Pugh on March 4, 1809. Until March 3, 1811, he was initially able to complete a term in Congress. In 1814 he was elected to Congress again in the sixth district of his state, where he replaced Robert Brown on March 4, 1815. After a re-election, he could remain until his resignation on 24 February 1818 the House of Representatives.

Ross' resignation was after his appointment as presiding judge of the seventh judicial district of his home state. In 1830 he moved to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. There he remained until his death on January 31, 1834 in Easton. His son Thomas (1806-1865) was also a congressman.