Thomas R. Ross

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Thomas Randolph Ross
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's first district
In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	William Henry Harrison
Succeeded by	James W. Gazlay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's second district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	John Wilson Campbell
Succeeded by	John Woods
Personal details
Born	(1788-10-26)October 26, 1788 New Garden Township, Pennsylvania
Died	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.

Sources

• Thomas R. Ross at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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• Thomas R. Ross at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Henry Harrison	Representative from Ohio's 1st congressional district 1819-03-04 – 1823	Succeeded by James W. Gazlay
Preceded by John Wilson Campbell	Representative from Ohio's 2nd congressional district 1823–1825-03-03	Succeeded by John Woods