Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Full Name: Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" RossDate of birth: September 27, 1838
Date of death: January 3, 1898
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 22 | Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 | 17th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) | Democrat | Waco / McLennan | Hill, Johnson, McLennan |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Elected as a democrat, p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(5) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
Terms of Service
Terms of service notes
(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Elected as a democrat, p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(5) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
Biographical Information
- Biographical sketch. Collections of the Archive & History Department of the Texas State Library, Executive Series, Governors' Messages, Coke to Ross (Inclusive), 1874-1891, 1916.
- Mentioned in Chapter XV, discussion of the election of 1886 and the candidacy of D.C. Giddings; brief discussion of governorship, post-governorship life, and death, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, pp. 95-99. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas, 1921.
- ROSS, LAWRENCE SULLIVAN [SUL] (1838-1898). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch of Governor Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross, member of the state senate 1881-1883, included in sketch of brother William H. Ross, Volume I, pp. 276-278, with portrait. A History of Central and Western Texas, 1911.
- Lawrence S. Ross, mentioned in "Governors of Texas," Volume 1, p. 205. The New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross, pp. 5-14. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross, pp. 7-17. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, L.S. Ross, pp. 59-60. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- United States Army, campaigns against Comanches in September-October 1858. Texas Rangers, Lieutenant and later Captain of Waco Company. Confederate States Army, Colonel, 6th Texas Cavalry; Brigadier General, Ross's Brigade. ROSS, LAWRENCE SULLIVAN [SUL] (1838-1898); ROSS'S BRIGADE, C.S.A. Handbook of Texas Online. Handbook of Texas Online
- Description of military service, including letters to Captain L.S. Ross from Sam Houston and Edward Clark, pp. 5-14. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
- Description of military service, Captain L.S. Ross, pp. 7-17. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 109-131. "Ross declined to seek reelection, but a deadlocked nomination convention at Hillsboro chose him and adjourned before he could officially refuse to serve." Ten More Texans in Gray, 1980.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 94-95. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
- Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 15, 24, 91-92, Plate Nos. 27 and 67. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
- Governor of Texas 1887-1891. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009. Selected newspaper articles
- Photograph. L.S. Ross, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. L.S. Ross, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
- 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
- 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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