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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Robert G. Ross |
| Address |
Lexington, Nebraska , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 20, 1867 |
| Died |
May 00, 1951
(84 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Mar 23, 2019 09:32pm |
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| Info | ROSS, Robert G. - Nebraska political gadfly and frequent candidate. Ross filed for the presidential preference primaries in Nebraska of both the Democrats and the Republicans in 1912, 1916, and 1920. He annoyed the state legislature so much that it passed an act banning a candidate from cross-filing.
Born in Ripley OH. Family moved to Kentucky when he was two, then later removed to Nebraska. Farmer and livery stable keeper.
Married Della Salisburg; one child; later divorced.
Road overseer, Gillian Precinct, 1893-1895.
Candidate for U.S. House (Prb-NE) 1910
Candidate for US President 1912, 1916, 1920, 1928; participated only in the Nebraska primary.
Candidate for Governor (R-NE) 1926, 1928; defeated in the primary
Havel describes Ross's nonpolitical career as: laborer in an alfalfa mill; engineer; steamboat cook; grocery and drug clerk; cowboy; farmer.
Died in 5/1951.
New York Times 5/2/1916, 3/9/1920; James T. Havel, U.S. Presidential Candidates and the Elections, vol. 1, p. 495; photo source: Lincoln Star, 5/31/1938. |
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