John Wilson Ross (November 1863 – June 30, 1945) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from November 13, 1918 to January 6, 1919. At 8 weeks, Ross served the shortest tenure in the court's history while his brother, Henry D. Ross, served the longest.The Arizona Supreme Court: Its 2000–2001 Decisions, 34 Ariz. St. L.J. 369, 373 (2002)
Ross was appointed by Governor George W. P. Hunt to replace outgoing Justice Alfred Franklin, who'd been defeated in the 1918 primary by Albert C. Baker.James W. Byrkit, Forging the Copper Collar: Arizona's Labor-Management War of 1901–1921 (2016), p. 291. Franklin resigned before the end of his term to take a position as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Arizona–New Mexico District.
Ross later served in the 9th Arizona State Legislature, representing Cochise County.Arizona Legislators-John Wilson Ross
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