title: George Ross Smith
text: # George Ross Smith
  
  George Ross Smith (May 28, 1864 – November 7, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  He was born in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and Sauk Centre (Minnesota) Academy; was graduated from the law school of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1893.
  
  ## Legal career
  
  He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Minneapolis. He became a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1903, and was a judge of the probate court of Hennepin County, Minnesota from 1907 to 1913.
  
  ## Political career
  
  He elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law and taught law classes at Minneapolis-Minnesota Law School.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died in Minneapolis on November 7, 1952, and was buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
  
  