Erskine Mayo Ross

Personal

Birthday: 
6/30/1845
Birthplace: 
Culpeper County, VA
Date of Death: 
12/10/1928
Place of Death: 
Los Angeles, CA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Confederate Army cadet
Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1869-1879, 1886-1887
Justice, Supreme Court of California, 1879-1886

Education

Name of School: 
Virginia Military Institute
Degree Year: 
1865
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1869

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of California
Court Name: 

California Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Grover Cleveland
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
01/13/1887
Termination Date: 
03/05/1895
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit
Commission Date - Second: 
02/22/1895
Termination Date - Second: 
12/31/1911
Termination Reason - Second: 
Abolition of Court
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Court Name - Third: 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Third: 
02/22/1895
Retirement from Active Service - Third: 
5/31/1925
Termination Date - Third: 
12/10/1928
Termination Reason - Third: 
Death