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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeRoss BASS
(1918-1993)
Senate Years of Service:
1964-1967Party: DemocratBASS, Ross, a
Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born on a farm in
Giles County, near Pulaski, Tenn., March 17, 1918; attended the
public schools in Middle, Tenn.; graduated from Martin College,
Pulaski, Tenn., 1941; served during the Second World War as a
captain in the Air Corps; owner of a soft-drink bottling plant,
florist and nurseryman 1946-1947; postmaster of Pulaski, Tenn.,
1947-1954; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the
four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1955, until his
resignation November 3, 1964; elected in a special election on
November 3, 1964, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to
complete the unexpired term caused by the death of Estes Kefauver
and served from November 4, 1964, to January 2, 1967; unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1966; owner of consulting firm in
Washington, D.C.; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United
States House of Representatives in 1976; was a resident of Miami
Shores, Fla., until his death, January 1, 1993; interment in
Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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