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Ross, Edmund Gibson

journalist, congressman, was born Dec. 7, 1826, in Ashland, Ohio. He learned the art of printing at Huron, Ohio. He became editor of the Kansas Tribune, at that time the only free-state paper in the territory, all others having been destroyed. He entered the union army as a private soldier, and was promoted to the rank of major in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. He was appointed to the United States senate as a republican to fill a vacancy and served during 1866-71.