Territorial politician and jurist. Correspondence (1892–1916) received by Ross regarding party politics and politicians in Oklahoma Territory and requests for appointment to political offices; a newspaper obituary (1944) of Ross; and a homestead certificate (1902) issued by President Theodore Roosevelt to a pioneer in Oklahoma Territory. A principal correspondent of Ross was William C. Renfrow, and Renfrow’s letters comment on his activities before and during his term as governor of Oklahoma Territory.