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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyMiles ROSS
(1827-1903)
ROSS, Miles, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Raritan Township, Middlesex
County, N.J., April 30, 1827; received a practical English
training; engaged with his father in the transportation of freight
by water and in the coal business; one of the chosen freeholders of
New Brunswick, N.J., 1859-1864; member of the State house of
assembly in 1863 and 1864; director of several banks; member of the
board of street commissioners in 1865 and 1866; mayor of New
Brunswick 1867-1869; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and
to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883);
chairman, Committee on Militia (Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the
Forty-eighth Congress; delegate at large to the Democratic National
Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892; engaged in the wholesale and
retail coal business; died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County,
N.J., on February 22, 1903; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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