George Ross (Pennsylvania statesman)
- George Ross (Pennsylvania statesman)
Infobox Politician (general)
name= George Ross
title= 10th Vice-President of Pennsylvania
term_start= 5 November 1788
term_end= 21 December 1790
predecessor= David Redick
successor= position dissolved
birth_date= 1746
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death_date= 1801
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George Ross (1746-1801) was a Pennsylvania politician of the late Eighteenth century. He was elected Vice-President of Pennsylvania (a position equivalent to that of Lieutenant Governor) on 5 November 1788. He was reelected unanimously on 11 November 1789 and served until 21 December 1790. He was the last man to hold that office, as the Vice-Presidency (along with the rest of the Supreme Executive Council) was dissolved by the 1790 State Constitution. (The executive branch has been led since then by a Governor; the position of "Lieutenant" Governor was added by the 1873 State Constitution.) As Vice-President of Pennsylvania Ross served as an "ex officio" member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.[ [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/ross_george.html Biography at the University of Pennsylvania] ] Although the length of his term is comparable to—or exceeds—that of several other Presidents and Vice-Presidents of Pennsylvania very little is known about Ross beyond the dates of his service. ]He should not be confused with George Ross (1730-1779), one of Pennsylvania's delegates to the Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and uncle (by marriage) of Betsy Ross.
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