Dennis A. Ross

Dennis A. Ross
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Adam Putnam
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 63rd district
In office 2000-2009
Preceded by	Adam Putnam
Succeeded by	Kelli Stargel
Personal details
Born	October 18, 1959 (1959-10-18) (age 52)[1] Lakeland, Florida, USA[1]
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Cindy Ross
Profession	businessman, attorney
Religion	Presbyterian

Dennis Alan Ross (born October 18, 1959) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 12th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. The seat was left open as the incumbent Adam Putnam ran for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.

Early life, education, and business career

Ross was the youngest of five children born to Bill and Loyola Ross. He attended Catholic school for nine years before graduating at Lakeland Senior High School in 1977. After high school, he attended the University of Florida before transferring to Auburn University where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management. He then graduated from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in 1987.^[2]

Ross went to work in the newly developed micro-computer industry working for several companies. He went on to serve briefly as an Associate with the law firm of Holland and Knight and was in-house counsel to Walt Disney World. Subsequent to his time at Disney, Dennis opened up his own law firm representing Business and Industry in Workers Compensation matters for over 20 years.

Early political career

Ross went on to work for a year as a legislative aide in St. Petersburg to State Senator Dennis Jones in 1982. He was elected Chairman of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee, and served until 1995. In 1996, Dennis ran unsuccessfully for the State Senate, losing to Incumbent Democrat State Senator Rick Dantzler. In 2000, he ran for the 63rd district of the Florida House of Representatives, vacated by Adam Putnam.^[3]

U.S. House of Representatives

2010 election

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2010#District 12

Ross won the seat vacated by Adam Putnam. defeating a Democrat and Florida "TEA" Party candidate in a three way general election race. This was the second time Ross succeeded Putnam.^[4]

Committee assignments

• Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy (Chairman)
  • Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs
• Committee on the Judiciary
  • Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law
  • Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
• Committee on Education and the Workforce
  • Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

• Republican Study Committee
• Tea Party Caucus

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Guide to the New Congress". CQ Roll Call. 2010-11-04. http://innovation.cq.com/newmember/2010elexnguide.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-24. 
2. ^ Seth Stern 112th Congress: Dennis Ross, R-Fla. (12th District) CQ Politics November 2, 2010
3. ^ http://electdennisross.com/about-dennis/
4. ^ Dennis Ross for Congress

External links

• Congressman Dennis Ross official U.S. House site
• Dennis Ross for Congress official campaign site
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Adam Putnam	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 12th congressional district January 3, 2011 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by Todd Rokita R-Indiana	United States Representatives by seniority 413th	Succeeded by Jon Runyan R-New Jersey

Persondata
Name	Ross, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	US Congressman from Florida
Date of birth	October 18, 1959
Place of birth	Lakeland, Florida
Date of death
Place of death