William Bradford Ross (1873 - 1924)

Born 4 Dec 1873 in Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nellie (Tayloe) Ross — married 11 Sep 1902 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

Died 2 Oct 1924 at age 50 in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States

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Preceded by 11th Governor Robert D. Carey

William B. Ross 12th Governor of Wyoming 1923—1924

Succeeded by 13th Governor Frank Lucas

Biography

William Ross is Notable.

WILLIAM BRADFORD ROSS was born in Dover, Tennessee and educated in Nashville. He moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1901, achieving prominence as an attorney through a test case that he won before the state Supreme Court on the constitutionality of an anti-gambling law. As a result of the court’s decision, all state gambling houses were closed. Ross was elected prosecuting attorney of Laramie County in 1905. Though an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1917, he was nominated and elected in 1922. As governor, he sought to reduce expenditures by consolidating executive departments, and recommended a severance license tax on products removed from the state. He died in Cheyenne after serving twenty-one months of his four-year term.

Sources

• 1880 United States Federal Census (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDW6-Z2S : 15 July 2017), William Ross in household of A B Ross, Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 157, sheet 288A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,281. Ancestry Record 6742 #16785310

• 1900 United States Federal Census (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZ8-L8N : accessed 4 March 2020), William B Ross in household of Missouri S Ross, Civil District 7 Dover town, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 19A, family 364, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,600. Ancestry Record 7602 #61268074

• 1910 United States Federal Census (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJK-BGN : accessed 4 March 2020), William B Ross, Cheyenne Ward 2, Laramie, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 7A, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1746; FHL microfilm 1,375,759. Ancestry Record 7884 #31308215

• 1920 United States Federal Census (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBK-TS7 : accessed 4 March 2020), William B Ross, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States; citing ED 38, sheet 5B, line 90, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2027; FHL microfilm 1,822,027. Ancestry Record 6061 #101357178

• Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908 Ancestry Record 61335 #4201

• U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Ancestry Record 6482 #24723773

• U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 Ancestry Record 1265 #26349805

• Newspapers.com Obituary Index: The Lincoln Star; Publication Date: 2/ Oct/ 1924; Publication Place: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46125869/obituary-for-william-b-ross-aged-51/

• Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6854200 : accessed 04 March 2020), memorial page for William Bradford Ross (4 Dec 1873–2 Oct 1924), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6854200, citing Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave . Find A Grave: Memorial #6854200

• William B. Ross on Wikipedia

• The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 20. New York: James T. White & Company. Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 4. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.