Robert Tripp Ross

Who was Robert Tripp Ross?

Robert Tripp Ross was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, he attended the public schools, moved to New York City in 1929, and engaged as a druggist. For seventeen years he was associated with a large drug firm in managerial and executive positions.

Ross was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress, holding office from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress, and engaged in the manufacture of clothing and athletic equipment. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress, and was subsequently elected to the Eighty-second Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of T. Vincent Quinn; Ross then held office from February 19, 1952 to January 3, 1953. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress, and was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from March 1954 to March 1956.