Collins, Ross A. (Ross Alexander), 1880-1968

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U.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

  • 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
referencedIn Roscoe Pound Papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Vollbehr collection of incunabula : information relating to its purchase by the Library of Congress, 1930. Grolier Club
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 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
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
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
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Mississippi
Mississippi
United States
Subject
B-17 bomber
Bombers
Choctaw Indians
Incunabula
Mechanization, Military
Occupation
Lawyers
Public officials
Representatives, U.S. Congress
Activity

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Birth 1880-04-25

Death 1968-07-14

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