Donald Roe Ross

Who was Donald Roe Ross?

Donald Roe Ross was a United States federal judge.

Born in Orleans, Nebraska, Ross was in the United States Army as an Air Corps Major from 1942 to 1946. He received a J.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1948. He was in private practice in Lexington, Nebraska from 1948 to 1953. He was a Republican Executive Committeeman in the state of Nebraska from 1952 to 1953 when he became Mayor of Lexington, Nebraska. Ross was a United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska from 1953 to 1956 and was in private practice in Omaha, Nebraska from 1956 to 1970. He was a General counsel for the Republican Party of Nebraska from 1956 to 1958. He served as a Committeeman from Nebraska to the Republican National Committee from 1958 to 1970 and was a Vice chairman for his delegation from 1965 to 1970.

Ross was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. On November 30, 1970 Ross was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat vacated by Harry Andrew Blackmun. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1970, and received his commission on December 12, 1970.