Stephen Ross Harris was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

Ohio

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, uncle of Ebenezer Byron Finley.

Born seven miles west of Massillon, Ohio

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, Harris attended the common and select schools, Washington College

Washington & Jefferson College

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 (Pennsylvania) , Norwalk (Ohio) Seminary, and Western Reserve College

Western Reserve College

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, then at Hudson, Ohio

Hudson, Ohio

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He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1849 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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He moved to Bucyrus, Ohio

Bucyrus, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,224 people, 5,559 households, and 3,552 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,812.0 people per square mile . There were 5,955 housing units at an average density of 816.0 per square mile...

, the same year and continued the practice of law. He became law partner of Josiah Scott from 1850 to Scott's death in 1879, except that time Scott was on the Ohio Supreme Court.
He served as mayor of Bucyrus 1852, 1853, 1861, and 1862.
Deputy United States marshal in 1861.
He served as president of the Ohio State Bar Association

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 in 1893 and 1894.

Harris was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth

55th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P...

 Congress.
He engaged in the practice of law in Bucyrus, Ohio

Bucyrus, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,224 people, 5,559 households, and 3,552 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,812.0 people per square mile . There were 5,955 housing units at an average density of 816.0 per square mile...

, until his death there January 15, 1905.
He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
Harris was married September 15, 1853 to Mary Jane Monnett, who died in 1888, with two sons and two daughters surviving her.

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