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  Ross, Robert T.
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NameRobert T. Ross
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Jackson Heights, New York , United States
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Born June 04, 1903
DiedOctober 01, 1981 (78 years)
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InfoROSS, Robert Tripp, a Representative from New York; born in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., June 4, 1903; attended the public schools; moved to New York City in 1929 and engaged as a druggist; for seventeen years associated with a large drug firm in managerial and executive positions; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; engaged in the manufacture of clothing and athletic equipment; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress; subsequently elected to the Eighty-second Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of T. Vincent Quinn and served from February 19, 1952, to January 3, 1953; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from March 1954 to March 1956; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative and Public Affairs from March 1956 to March 1957; assistant borough works commissioner, Queens, N.Y., from March 1957 to January 1958; vice president, Merchandising Apparel Company, 1959-1968; resided in Jackson Heights, N.Y., until his death there on October 1, 1981; interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, N.C.


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  11/04/1952 NY District 6 Lost 48.94% (-0.25%)
  02/19/1952 NY District 5 Special Won 53.07% (+17.98%)
  11/07/1950 NY District 5 Lost 41.11% (-7.27%)
  11/02/1948 NY District 5 Lost 43.06% (-6.70%)
  11/05/1946 NY District 5 Won 53.04% (+6.09%)
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