William Ross (died September 5, 1830) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Robert Ross, a Scottish

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who settled at Rossville, a hamlet in Newburgh, New York. William Ross studied law and gained

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in 1801, and practiced at Newburgh, New York. He married first Mary S. McLean (1787–1812), and then Caroline Middlebrook of Connecticut. He was a member from Orange County of the

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in 1808, 1809, and from 1811 to 1814. In February 1811, he was elected Speaker after the previously elected Speaker

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could not attend the session because of ill health. From 1815 to 1822, he was a member of the

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from the Middle District, and was a member of the Council of Appointment in 1816 and 1819.

Sources

Political Graveyard
Google Books
''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 101, 145, 184 and 301; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Pioneer Families of Orange County, New York''
by Bill Reamy (Heritage Books, 2007, , ; page 135f)

by Margaret V. S. Wallace, from the ''Orange County Post'' on July 2, 1970, page 10 Members of the New York State Assembly Speakers of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators Politicians from Newburgh, New York 19th-century American people Year of birth unknown 1830 deaths {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub