Tony Ross (politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Tony Ross

| image =

| state_senate=Wyoming

| state=Wyoming

| district= 4th

| term_start= January 11, 2005

| term_end= January 10, 2017

| preceded= April Brimmer-Kunz

| succeeded= Tara Nethercott

| party=Republican

| birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|2|5}}

| birth_place= Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.

| death_date=

| death_place=

| residence= Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.

| spouse= Sandy Ross

| children = 2

| occupation= Attorney

| religion=

}}

Tony Ross is a former Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for the 4th district, encompassing Laramie County.{{cite web|last=State of Wyoming Legislature|title=Senator Tony Ross|url=http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=259|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828015730/http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=259|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2009|accessdate=17 February 2012}}

Biography

Tony Ross was born on February 5, 1953, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Puget Sound and a J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law.

He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1995 to 2004. In 2005, he was elected to the Wyoming Senate. He served as the Senate Majority Floor Leader in the 2011 to 2012 term and Senate Vice President in the 2009 to 2010 term.

He is married to Sandy Ross, and they have two children. He is a Christian.

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