George Tayloe Ross and his twin brother were born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on May 20, 1903. Their father, William Bradford Ross, became governor of Wyoming in 1922. Ross was succeeded as governor by his wife (George's mother) Nellie Tayloe Ross in 1925. Nellie T. Ross was appointed Director of the U.S. Mint in 1933. George attended the University of Wyoming Law School from 1924-1926. Upon graduation he went to England to study law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He began practicing law in New York in 1931.
From the guide to the George Tayloe Ross papers, 1929-1970, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)