Richard C. Ross

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Richard C. Ross

|image =

|caption =

|office = Member of the New York State Assembly from the 88th district

|term_start = January 1, 1973

|term_end = December 31, 1980

|predecessor = George E. Van Cott

|successor = John R. Branca

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|5|5}}

|birth_place = The Bronx, New York City, New York

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|3|11|1927|5|5}}

|death_place = Indio, California

|party = Republican

|spouse = Joan Flug

|children = 3 including Marcia Ross

|relatives = Jeff Kaufman (son-in-law)

}}

Richard C. Ross (May 5, 1927 – March 11, 2012) was an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly from the 88th district from 1973 to 1980.{{cite web|author=Thomas P. Ronan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/23/archives/westchester-opinion-politics-marking-time-in-mount-vernon.html |title=POLITICS |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1978-04-23 |accessdate=2019-06-29}}{{cite web|author=Ronald Smothers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/01/archives/westchester-weekly-a-sense-of-urgency-rides-county-roads-politics.html |title=A Sense of Urgency Rides County Roads |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1979-04-01 |accessdate=2019-06-29}}

He died on March 11, 2012, in Indio, California at age 84.{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=richard-c-ross&pid=156508587&fhid=2090 |title=RICHARD ROSS Obituary - Mount Vernon, NY | New York Times |publisher=Legacy.com |date= |accessdate=2019-06-29}} Services were held at the Riverside Memorial Chapel in Manhattan. He was survived by his wife Joan (née Flug) and three children, Marcia Ross (married to Jeff Kaufman), William Ross, and Andrew Ross.