Biography

04/25/1828 - 01/19/1889

James Harrison Ross (D28) York County 1879-1886

Early Career:

James Harrison Ross, born April 25, 1828, McVeytown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, son of James and Susannah (Satzler) Ross; attended public schools; private, Mexican War, 1846-1848; private, Civil War, 1862; canal boat driver; farmer, 1843-1863; elected, council, McVeytown (3 years); school director, McVeytown (6 years); elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1862 term; not a candidate for reelection 1863 term; whiskey Inspector, 17th Pennsylvania District, 1866; owner, National House, York, Pennsylvania 1871-1875; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 1879-1886; not a candidate for reelection 1886; died, January 19, 1889, York County, Pennsylvania; interred Mattawana Cemetery, McVeytown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Private, Company B, 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1846-1848, Mexican War; private, Company C, 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, under Colonel Francis Murray Wynkoop; 1862, Civil War.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1862 term; not a candidate for reelection 1863 term.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28^th district, York County, 1879-1886; not a candidate for reelection 1886; member, Appropriations, Congressional Apportionment, Compare Bills, Corporations and Railroads Committees.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=7884&body=H

Cited: 

Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, (1885) Cochran, T.B., Biographical Sketches of Senators, pages 813, 844, and 849-851