| LC control no. | nr 94030488 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sterling, Ross S., 1875-1949 |
| Variant(s) | Sterling, R. S. (Ross S.), 1875-1949 Sterling, Ross Shaw, 1875-1949 |
| See also | Texas. Governor (1931-1933 : Sterling) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Houston (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1875-02-11 |
| Death date | 1949-03-25 |
| Place of birth | Anahuac (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Fort Worth (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.) Texas. State Highway Commission Texas. Governor |
| Profession or occupation | Governors |
| Found in | Campaigning Texas, 1932: t.p. (... R.S. Sterling campaign for governor) foreword, etc. (Ross Sterling; R.S. Sterling) The handbook of Texas, 1952-1976: v. 2 (Sterling, Ross S.; b. at Anahuac, Tex., Feb. 11, 1875; farmer, oilman, newspaperman; inaugurated governor 1931; served one term; d. in Fort Worth, Mar. 25, 1949) Handbook of Texas Online, May 26, 2016: (Sterling, Ross Shaw; in 1910 bought two oil wells, which developed into the Humble Oil and Refining Co., organized in 1911, sold Humble interests in 1925; president of Dayton-Goose Railway Co., 1918; bought Houston Dispatch and Houston Post in 1925 and 1926 and combined them as Houston Post-Dispatch; chairman of Texas Highway Commission, 1930; in 1933, Sterling returned to Houston; president of Sterling Oil and Refining Co., 1933-1946) |
| Associated language | eng |
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