Thomas Ross (Pennsylvania politician)

Thomas Ross ( born December 1, 1806 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, † July 7, 1865 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Ross was the son of Congressman John Ross ( 1770-1834 ). He attended the common schools and afterwards until 1823, Princeton College. After a subsequent law degree in 1829 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Doylestown to work in this profession. In the same year he was appointed deputy district attorney in Bucks County. Politically he was first a member of the Anti- Masonic Party. After that, he joined the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1848, Thomas Ross was a Democratic candidate in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Samuel Augustus Bridges on March 4, 1849. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1853 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War. It was at that time especially around the issue of slavery. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Ross practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 7 July 1865 in Doylestown.