Biography of Edward Gibson Ross Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EDWARD GIBSON Ross was appointed United States senator July 25, 1866, by Gov. Samuel J. Crawford, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Gen. James H. Lane, and elected January 23, 1867, serving until March, 1871. He was born in Ashland, Ohio, December 7, 1826. He became a journeyman printer. In 1848, at Sandusky, Ohio, he was married to Fannie M. Lathrop. He engaged in newspaper work in Milwaukee, Wis. In March, 1856, he left Milwaukee with a party of emigrants for Kansas, where he became an active free-state leader. In connection with his broher, [sic] W. W. Ross, he engaged in the newspaper business in Topeka. He was a member of the Wyandotte constitutional convention, 1859. In 1862 he assisted in raising the Eleventh Kansas regiment. His action while senator, in the matter of the impeachment of President Johnson, caused very bitter feeling against him in Kansas, but time has done much to vindicate him. Upon his retirement from the senate he published a newspaper at Coffeyville, and subsequently at Lawrence and Leavenworth. He went to New Mexico in 1882, and for a time edited a paper at Albuquerque. He was appointed governor of the territory of New Mexico by President Cleveland, which place he filled for four years. He died at Albuquerque May 8, 1907, aged eighty-one years. (Included with article "Some Western Border Conditions in the 50's and 60's", page 9)