Notes for Stephen Ross HARRIS

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HARRIS Stephen Ross representative was born near Massillon Ohio May 22 1824 son of Stephen and Sibyl Clark Harris and grandson of John and Mary Hamilton Harris all of whom were natives of Essex county NJ He studied in the common schools in a select
school in Dal ton Ohio in the preparatory department of Washington Pa college in Norwalk seminary and in the classical department of the Western Reserve college Hudson Ohio He then taught school and in 1849 was admitted to the bar settling in practice
in Bucyrus Ohio He was deputy US marshal and a member of the county military committee 1861 65 and was an active member of the Ohio state liar association holding the presidency 1893 94 He was a Republican representative from Ohio in the 54th congress
1895 97 [Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States, Volume 3
edited by John Howard Brown, pp. 549-50]
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Stephen Ross Harris (May 22, 1824 - January 15, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, uncle of Ebenezer Byron Finley.
Born near Massillon, Ohio, Harris attended the common and select schools, Washington (Pennsylvania) College, Norwalk (Ohio) Seminary, and Western Reserve College, then at Hudson, Ohio. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced
practice in Columbus, Ohio. He moved to Bucyrus, Ohio, the same year and continued the practice of law. He served as mayor of Bucyrus 1852, 1853, 1861, and 1862. Deputy United States marshal in 1861. He served as president of the State bar association
in 1893 and 1894.
Harris was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He engaged in the practice of law in Bucyrus, Ohio, until his death
there January 15, 1905. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery. [Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
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