| LC control no. | n 92076488 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bass, Ross, 1918-1993 |
| Variant(s) | Bass, Ross, 1918- |
| Birth date | 19180317 |
| Death date | 19930101 |
| Place of birth | Giles County, Tenn. |
| Place of death | Miami Shores, Fla. |
| Affiliation | Martin College United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Postmasters |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Georgia State Univ., Southern Labor Archives for Chattanooga Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO. Records, 1941-1972 (Ross Bass, correspondent) WWA, 1974-1975 (Bass, Ross, former U.S. sen., corp. exec.; b. Pulaski, Tenn., March 17, 1918; s. Rev. William Arch and Ethel (Shook) B.; m. Avanell Keith, 1946; mem. U.S. Senate, 1964-1966; home: Memphis, Tenn.) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed June 17, 2013: (Bass, 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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