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Lawrence Sullivan Ross
4th President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
In office
January 20, 1891 – January 3, 1898
Preceded byWilliam Stuart Lorraine Bringhurst (Acting)
Succeeded byRoger Haddock Whitlock (Acting)
19th Governor of Texas
In office
January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891
LieutenantThomas Benton Wheeler
Preceded byJohn Ireland
Succeeded byJim Hogg
Member of the Texas Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
January 11, 1881 – January 9, 1883
Preceded byJohn W. Moore
Succeeded byJohn Alfred Martin
Personal details
BornSeptember 27, 1838
Benton's Post,[1] Iowa Territory, U.S. (present-day Bentonsport, Iowa, U.S.)
DiedJanuary 3, 1898(1898-01-03) (aged 59)
Brazos County, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery,
Waco, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Elizabeth Tinsley
(m. 1861)
Alma materBaylor University
Florence Wesleyan University (BA)
ProfessionTexas Ranger, Confederate general, governor of Texas, president of the A&M College of Texas
SignatureLawrence Sullivan Ross
Military service
AllegianceTexas
Confederacy
Branch/serviceTexas Rangers
Confederate States Army (CSA)
Years of service1860–1861
1861–1865
RankCaptain (Texas Rangers)
Brigadier general (CSA)
Commands6th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Phifer's Cavalry Brigade
Ross's Cavalry Brigade
Battles/wars
  • Indian Wars
    • Pease River fight
  • American Civil War
    • Battle of Pea Ridge
    • Second Battle of Corinth
    • Battle of Hatchie's Bridge
    • Battle of Thompson's Station
    • Battle of Yazoo City
    • Battle of Brown's Mill
    • Franklin-Nashville Campaign
Elizabeth Tinsley Ross

Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (September 27, 1838 – January 3, 1898) was the 19th governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and the 4th president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.

Ross was raised in the Republic of Texas, which was later annexed to the United States.[2][3] Much of his childhood was spent on the frontier, where his family founded the town of Waco. Ross attended Baylor University (then located in Independence, Texas) and Florence Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama.[2][3] On one of his summer breaks, he suffered severe injuries while fighting Comanches. After graduation, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, and in 1860, led Texas Rangers in the Battle of Pease River, where federal troops recaptured Cynthia Ann Parker, who had been captured by the Comanches as a child in 1836.

When Texas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederacy, Ross joined the Confederate States Army. He participated in 135 battles and skirmishes and became one of the youngest Confederate generals. Following the Civil War, Ross briefly served as sheriff of McLennan County before resigning to participate in the 1875 Texas Constitutional Convention. With the exception of a two-year term as a State Senator, Ross spent the next decade focused on his farm and ranch concerns. In 1887, he became the 19th governor of Texas. During his two terms, he oversaw the dedication of the new Texas State Capitol, and resolved the Jaybird-Woodpecker War. Despite his popularity, Ross refused to run for a third term as governor. Days after leaving office, he became the fourth president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). He is credited with reorganizing the school's finances to save it from closure by the state legislature and opening the first classes to women who were daughters of professors. His tenure saw a large expansion in college facilities and the birth of many school traditions. After his death, the Texas Legislature created Sul Ross State University in his honor.

  1. ^ Daniell, Lewis E. (1887). Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, Embracing the Executive Staff, Heads of Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the XXth legislature (PDF). Austin: Press of the City Printing Company. p. 6. LCCN 19016834. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Texas Legislative Library. L. S. Ross' father was S. P. Ross, who immigrated to Texas in 1839. He will ever live in Texas history as the killer of "Big Foot," the Comanche chief. Following the death of this dreaded chief, was the sleepless and effective crusade against the rapacious and treacherous tribes of the Comanche and Kiowa Indians. He was the leader of the pioneers who destroyed their power to do evil, and who will ever be held in grateful memory by Texans.
    Governor Ross was born at Benton's Post, Iowa, in the year 1838, and came to Texas with his father. His mind familiarized with his father's recitals of Indian warfare, and his heart was inspired to vigilance and action to that foe wherever occasion demanded, and well he did execute the inborn mandate, when mounting his war-steed, with sword and rifle in hand, he marshaled his command against the foe of his brave sire. This was an inherited antagonism.
  2. ^ a b Benner, Judith, "Ross, Lawrence Sullivan", The Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association, retrieved March 3, 2015
  3. ^ a b Ross Family Papers, Inclusive: 1846-1931, undated, Bulk: 1861-1864, 1870-1894, undated, Baylor University, December 22, 2014, retrieved January 30, 2022

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