John William Ross was a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Hardin County, Tennessee

Hardin County, Tennessee

Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 26,026. The Hardin County seat is Savannah. The county was named posthumously for Col. Joseph Hardin, a Revolutionary War soldier and a legislative representative for the Province of North Carolina and...

, Ross received an LL.B. from Cumberland University

Cumberland University

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 in 1900. He was in private practice in Savannah, Tennessee

Savannah, Tennessee

Savannah is a city in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,917 at the 2000 census and the 2007 population estimate was 7,262. It is the county seat of Hardin County. Savannah hosted the NAIA college football national championship game from 1996-2007. Savannah is home to...

, from 1900 to 1913, and was a chancellor of the 8th Chancery District of Tennessee from 1913 to 1921.

On May 26, 1921, Ross was nominated by President Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...

 to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

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 vacated by John E. McCall

John E. McCall

John Ethridge McCall was an American politician of Irish descent and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Clarksburg, Tennessee in Carroll County on August 14, 1859. He attended public and private schools and...

. Ross was confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 on May 31, 1921, and received his commission the same day. Ross served in that capacity until his death, in 1925.

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