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 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
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
Mississippi
United States
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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