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William Bradford Ross (December 4, 1873 – October 2, 1924) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Wyoming as a Democrat. Life [ edit ] Ross was born in Dover, Tennessee, on December 4, 1873, to Ambrose B. Ross and Sue Gray and later attended the Peabody Normal School .
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Nellie Tayloe Ross’s papers, including voluminous correspondence, news clippings, photographs and the newsreel linked above from when she was appointed director of the Mint, may be seen in the arch...Hendricks, Cecilia Hennel. Letters From Honeyhill: A Woman’s View of Homesteading, 1914-1931. Compiled by Cecilia Hendricks Wahl. Boulder, Colo.: Pruett Publishing Company, 1986. Hendricks and her...American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. “In Pursuit of Equality.” Accessed Dec. 6, 2012 at http://www.uwyo.edu/ahc/eduoutreach/exhibits/equality/index.html.American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. “Nellie Tayloe Ross, Wyoming Governor.” Accessed Dec. 6, 2012 at http://www.uwyo.edu/profiles/distinguished-leaders/nellie-ross.html.Larson, T.A. History of Wyoming. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965, 454-460.Scharff, Virginia. “Feminism, Femininity, and Power: Nellie Tayloe Ross and the Woman Politician's Dilemma. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3 (1995), 87-106, accessed 2/29/20 vi...“The 19th Amendment And The Women’s Suffrage Movement.” Parker/Waichman LLP, accessed Jan. 6, 2021 at https://www.yourlawyer.com/library/19th-amendment-womens-suffrage-movement/. A Web page packed with information and useful links.
The photo of Nellie Tayloe Ross with Eula Kendrick, Grace Coolidge and others in Washington, D.C. in 1925 is from the Wyoming State Archives. All others are from the digital collections of the Amer...
Jul 16, 2016 · William B. Ross, a Democrat and a stout Prohibitionist, benefited politically from the times and got himself elected governor in 1922. He persuaded the Legislature to give him the power to fire elected county officials—sheriffs, for example, or county commissioners—who were failing to enforce Prohibition laws.
Nov 8, 2014 · Saturday, November 8, 2014. William B. Ross, was born in Dover, Tennessee on December 4, 1873 and was educated in the local schools and the Peabody Normal school in Nashville. After working in the office of the Chancellor J.N. Stout of the Sixth Tennessee Judicial Division Ross moved to Wyoming in 1901 to set up his law practice.
Aug 27, 2003 · William B. Ross, whose political public-relations expertise helped Richard Nixon win the presidency, has died. He was 88.Mr. Ross, a partner in Baus & Ross Co. with Herbert Baus from 1948 until ...
Aug 26, 2003 · Times Staff Writer. William B. Ross, once dubbed a “kingmaker” by the Saturday Evening Post for his political public relations expertise, which helped elect Richard M. Nixon vice president and ...
The 1924 Wyoming special gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1924. William B. Ross, the Democratic Governor of Wyoming, died in office on October 2, 1924, temporarily elevating Republican Secretary of State Frank Lucas to the governorship. A special election was held to fill the remainder of Ross's term and his widow, Nellie Tayloe ...
