Sobieski Ross was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Sobieski Ross was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania

Coudersport, Pennsylvania

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. He attended the common schools and Coudersport Academy. He engaged in civil engineering

Civil engineering

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 and the real estate business. He was also interested in agricultural pursuits. He was appointed as an associate judge in 1852.

Ross was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third

43rd United States Congress

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 and Forty-fourth

44th United States Congress

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Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1876. He resumed the real estate business, and died in Coudersport. Interment in Eulalia Cemetery.

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