Ross A. Collins

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Ross A. Collins
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMississippi's5thdistrict
In office March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	William W. Venable
Succeeded by	Aubert C. Dunn
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	Aubert C. Dunn
Succeeded by	W. Arthur Winstead
Attorney General of Mississippi
In office 1912–1920
Governor	Earl L. Brewer
Preceded by	Shepherd Spencer Hudson
Succeeded by	Frank Roberson
Personal details
Born	Ross Alexander Collins (1880-04-25)April 25, 1880 Collinsville,Mississippi,U.S.
Died	July 14, 1968(1968-07-14)(aged 88) Meridian,Mississippi,U.S.
Resting place	Magnolia Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Kentucky University of Mississippi

Ross Alexander Collins(April 25, 1880 – July 14, 1968) was aU.S. RepresentativefromMississippi.

Born inCollinsville, Mississippi,Collins attended the public schools ofMeridian, Mississippi,and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. He graduated from theUniversity of Kentuckyat Le xing ton in 1900 and from the law department of theUniversity of Mississippiat Oxford in 1901. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice inMeridian, Mississippi. He served asMississippi Attorney Generalfrom 1912 to 1920. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Mississippi in 1919.

Collins was elected as aDemocratto the Sixty-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1935). In 1929, Collins successfully proposed theLibrary of Congress's $1.5 million purchase ofOtto Vollbehr'scollection ofincunabula,including one of four remaining perfect vellum copies of theGutenberg Bible.He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination forUnited States Senator.

He was awardedAmerican Library Association Honorary Membershipin 1938.

Collins was elected to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943).

In the late 1930s he was the chairman of the House Subcommittee onDistrictAppropriations; during his time in office, he cut spending on local DC funds for welfare and education stating that "my constituents wouldn't stand for spending money onniggers".

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theUnited States Senatein 1941. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination forUnited States Senator. He resumed the practice of law. He died inMeridian, Mississippi,July 14, 1968. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.

External links

• Ross Alexander Collins Collection (MUM00082)owned by the University of Mississippi.

References

• United States Congress."Ross A. Collins (id: C000642)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.