Collins, Ross A. (Ross Alexander), 1880-1968
Variant namesU.S. congressman, public official, and lawyer from Mississippi.
From the description of Ross A. Collins papers, 1906-1967 (bulk 1920-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81681449
Biographical Note
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1880, April 25:
Born, Collinsville, Miss. -
1900:
A.B., University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. -
1901:
LL.B., University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., and admitted to the Mississippi bar -
1912 -1920 :Attorney general of Mississippi -
1919:
Ran unsuccessfully for governor of Mississippi -
1921 -1935 :United States representative, fifth district of Mississippi -
1930:
LL.D., Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky. -
1934:
Ran unsuccessfully for United States Senate against Theodore Gilmore Bilbo -
1937 -1943 :United States Representative, fifth district of Mississippi -
1941:
Ran unsuccessfuly for United States Senate -
1943:
Resumed law practice -
1968, July 14:
Died, Meridian, Miss.
From the guide to the Ross A. Collins Papers, 1906-1967, (bulk 1920-1963), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Vollbehr collection of incunabula : information relating to its purchase by the Library of Congress, 1930. | Grolier Club | |
| referencedIn | Melcher, Frederic Gershom, 1879-1963. Papers of Frederic Gershom Melcher, 1930-1940. | Library of Congress | |
| creatorOf | Ross A. Collins Papers, 1906-1967, (bulk 1920-1963) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961, Papers, 1822, 1831, 1845, 1903-2007 | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
| referencedIn | Oswald Garrison Villard papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Roscoe Pound Papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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| associatedWith | Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947. | person |
| associatedWith | Melcher, Frederic Gershom, 1879-1963. | person |
| associatedWith | Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964 | person |
| associatedWith | Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Army. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 | person |
| associatedWith | Vollbehr, Otto H. F. (Otto Heinrich Friederich), b. 1869. | person |
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| Mississippi | |||
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| Bombers |
| Choctaw Indians |
| Incunabula |
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| Representatives, U.S. Congress |
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Birth 1880-04-25
Death 1968-07-14
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