Lewis W. Ross

Lewis Winans Ross ( * December 8, 1812 at Seneca Falls, New York, † October 20, 1895 in Lewistown, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1863 and 1869 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his youth came Lewis Ross to Lewistown, Illinois, where he attended the public schools. In 1837 he graduated from the Illinois College at Jacksonville. After a subsequent law degree in 1839 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Lewistown to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1840, 1841, 1844 and 1845 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois; 1861 and 1870 he was a delegate to each meetings to revise the State Constitution.

In the congressional elections of 1862, Ross was in the ninth constituency of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William J. Allen on March 4, 1863. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1869 three legislative periods. During this time, ended the civil war. Since 1865 the work of the Congress was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment. While Ross's time in Congress were the 13th and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution ratified.

In 1868, Lewis Ross gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on October 20, 1895 in Lewistown.