Leslie P. Ross

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| image = Leslie P. Ross.png

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| office = Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives

| term_start = November 16, 1908

| term_end = November 16, 1910

| predecessor = Roy J. Williams

| successor = Roy J. Williams

| constituency = Comanche County

| office2 = 1st Mayor of Lawton

| term_start2 = October 24, 1901

| term_end2 = 1903

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = W. M. Turner

| office3 = Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council from the 8th district

| term_start3 = 1893

| term_end3 = 1895

| predecessor3 = Charles F. Grimmer

| successor3 = B. B. Tankersley

| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|2|4}}

| birth_place = Camden, Arkansas, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|3|9|1862|2|4}}

| death_place =

| party = Democratic Party

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Leslie P. Ross was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and as the 1st Mayor of Lawton, Oklahoma. He was also a Democratic candidate in the 1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election.

Biography

Leslie P. Ross was born on February 4, 1863, in Camden, Arkansas. His father was a confederate veteran and county sheriff. In 1890, he was elected to the Oklahoma Territorial Senate. He was elected the first Mayor of Lawton on October 24, 1901.{{cite news |title=Lawton Has Endured Four Major Changes in Government |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/36653767/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=The Lawton Constitution |date=August 5, 1976 |page=44}} He was later elected to the 2nd Oklahoma Legislature.{{cite news |last=Gibson |first=Skip |title=L. P. Ross, First Mayor of Lawton, Dies at Age of 81 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/897827122/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=The McAlester News-Capital |date=March 10, 1944}} He was a Democratic candidate in the 1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial election, but lost the primary election.{{cite news |title=Does Politics Hurt Country? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/662890043/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=The Lawton Constitution |date=August 4, 1910 |page=8}} He died March 9, 1944.

Electoral history

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| title = 1910 Oklahoma gubernatorial Democratic primary results{{cite web |title=Primary Elections - August 2, 1910 |pages=13 & 17 |url=https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/1907-1912_RESULTS.pdf |access-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725155307/https://www.ok.gov/elections/documents/1907-1912_RESULTS.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Lee Cruce

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 54,262

| percentage = 43.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Wm. H. Murray

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 40,166

| percentage = 32.4