Ross A. Collins
Ross A. Collins | |
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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 April 25, 1880 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 a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Collinsville, Mississippi, Collins attended the public schools of Meridian, Mississippi, and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. He graduated from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1900 and from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1901. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Meridian, Mississippi. He served as
Collins was elected as a
He was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership in 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 on
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1941. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for
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.