US Con Ross, Lewis Winans - U.S. Congressman, IL

Lewis Winans Ross:
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Born: December 8, 1812
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Birthplace: Seneca Falls New York
Father: Major Ossian M. Ross Sr. 1790 – 1837
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Mother: Mary Winans 1793 – 1875
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)

Wife: Frances Mildred Simms 1822 – 1902
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)

Children:
Babe Ross
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
John Wesley Ross 1841 – 1902
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Mary Frances Ross 1843 – 1844
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Ossian Reuben Ross 1845 – 1863
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Lewis Cass "Lute" Ross 1848 – 1916
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Frank Rutledge Ross 1851 – 1886
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Henry Lee Ross 1852 – 1856
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Alice Ross 1854 – 1855
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Pike Clinton Ross 1855 – 1917
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois)
Frances Walker "Fannie" Ross Latshaw 1857 – 1885
(Buried: Union Cemetery Kansas City Missouri)


Political Party: Democratic Party


Education:
Attended Illinois College

Occupation before War:
1839 – 1863: Attorney in Lewiston Illinois
1840 – 1841: Illinois State Representative
1844 – 1845: Illinois State Representative

Civil War Career:
1839 – 1863: Attorney in Lewiston Illinois
1861: Member of Illinois State Constitutional Convention
1863 – 1869: United States Congressman from Illinois
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee
1865: voted against the 13th​ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
1865 – 1867: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee

Occupation after War:
1863 – 1869: United States Congressman from Illinois
1865 – 1867: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1867 – 1869: Ranking Member of House Agriculture Committee
1867 – 1869: Ranking Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1868: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
1869 – 1895: Attorney in Lewiston Illinois
1870: Member of Illinois State Constitutional Convention
1880: Illinois Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention

Died:
October 20, 1895
Place of Death: Lewiston Illinois
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place:
Oak Hill Cemetery Lewiston Illinois


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That committee on Indian Affairs that Ross was a member of investigated the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. This committee was also known as the "Doolittle Committee" as it was chaired by James R. Doolittle.
 
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