Ralph Moss | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Elias S. Holliday |
| Succeeded by | Everett Sanders |
| Member of theIndiana Senate | |
| In office 1905–1909 | |
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| Born | (1862-04-21)April 21, 1862 Center Point, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 26, 1919(1919-04-26) (aged 57) Ashboro, Indiana, U.S |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Purdue University |
Ralph Wilbur Moss (April 21, 1862 – April 26, 1919) was aU.S. representative fromIndiana.
Ralph Moss was born inCenter Point, Indiana, the son of a farmer who had fought for the United States against theConfederacy in theAmerican Civil War.[1]
Moss was educated in the common schools of the township and attendedPurdue University inWest Lafayette, Indiana, for two years. He taught school inSugar Ridge Township, and was principal of the graded schools inHarmony, Indiana. He subsequently became engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served as member of theIndiana State Senate from 1905 to 1909.
Moss was elected as aDemocrat to theSixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture in theSixty-second Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to theSixty-fifth Congress in a three-sided race featuring RepublicanEverett Sanders and four-time candidate for president,SocialistEugene V. Debs.[2]
Moss faced Sanders again in a 1918 rematch, unsuccessfully attempting to win a seat in theSixty-sixth Congress. He retired to his farm nearAshboro, Indiana after the November loss.
Late in the morning of April 24, 1919, Moss entered his barn to water his livestock and was attacked by an angry bull, which gored and trampled him, breaking his wrist and crushing his entire left side.[1] He was eventually extricated and rushed unconscious to Rawley Hospital,[1] where he died two days later at 2:45 pm of the internal injuries he had sustained.[3]
He was interred in Moss Cemetery, near his home.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 5th congressional district 1909–1917 | Succeeded by |
