Stephen Ross Harris

Stephen Ross Harris
Stephen Ross Harris
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives; fromOhio's13thdistrict
	In office; March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by	Darius D. Hare
Succeeded by	James A. Norton
Personal details
Born	May 22, 1824; Wayne County, Ohio
Died	January 15, 1905(aged 80); Bucyrus, Ohio
Resting place	Oakwood Cemetery, Bucyrus
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary Jane Monnett
Children	4
Alma mater	Washington College; Western Reserve College
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Stephen Ross Harris(May 22, 1824 – January 15, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. RepresentativefromOhiofrom 1895 to 1897. He was an uncle ofEbenezer Byron Finley.

Biography

Born seven miles west ofMassillon, Ohio,^[1]^[2]Harris attended the common and select schools,Washington College(Pennsylvania), Norwalk (Ohio) Seminary, andWestern Reserve College,then atHudson, Ohio. He studied law. He wasadmitted to the barin 1849 and commenced practice inColumbus, Ohio. He moved toBucyrus, Ohio,the same year and continued the practice of law. He became law partner ofJosiah Scottfrom 1850 to Scott's death in 1879, except that time Scott was on theOhio Supreme Court.^[1] He served as mayor of Bucyrus 1852, 1853, 1861, and 1862. Deputy United States marshal in 1861. He served as president of theOhio State Bar Associationin 1893 and 1894.

Harris was elected as aRepublicanto theFifty-fourthCongress (March 4, 1895 - March 4, 1897). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to theFifty-fifthCongress. He engaged in the practice of law inBucyrus, Ohio,until his death there January 15, 1905. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery. Harris was married September 15, 1853 to Mary Jane Monnett, who died in 1888, with two sons and two daughters surviving her.^[1]

Sources

^^a ^b ^cReed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897).Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography.Vol. 1. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. pp. 381–386.
^Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1901).Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century.Chicago: American Publisher's Association. p. 453.

United States Congress."Stephen Ross Harris (id: H000253)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Darius D. Hare	Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 13th congressional district 1895-1897	Succeeded by James A. Norton

[bbo-1] Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897).Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography.Vol. 1. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. pp. 381–386.

[2] Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1901).Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century.Chicago: American Publisher's Association. p. 453.

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