F. Clair Ross

Franklin Clair Ross (January 3, 1895 – January 17, 1956) was a Democratic Party politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania. He served as the 60th Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1937 to 1941, as the 35th Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1941 to 1945, and on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from 1945 until his death in 1956.

Biography The son of Clement V. and Maud McElwaine, Ross grew up in Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Grove City College in 1914 and afterwards taught at Derry High School in Washington County.

Ross graduated from Columbia Law School, studying under future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone, and was admitted to the Butler County Pennsylvania Bar in 1924. He served as an attorney at Brandon, Brandon, & Ross before entering political life. In 1944, Ross won a seat on a seat on the Pennsylvania Superior Court, defeating former governor Arthur James. He suffered a heart attack in 1948 and died of a heart-related complications shortly after leaving a court session at the Philadelphia City Hall on January 17, 1956. He was survived by his wife, Carrie E. Bennett, and two daughters.