Ross S. Sterling

Ross S. Sterling
31st Governor of Texas
In office
January 20, 1931 – January 17, 1933
LieutenantEdgar E. Witt
Preceded byDan Moody
Succeeded byMiriam A. Ferguson
Personal details
Born
Ross Shaw Sterling

(1875-02-11)February 11, 1875
Anahuac, Texas, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 1949(1949-03-25) (aged 74)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeGlenwood Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Maud Abbie Gage
(m. 1898)

Ross Shaw Sterling (February 11, 1875 – March 25, 1949) was an American politician who was the 31st Governor of Texas, serving a single two-year term from January 20, 1931, to January 17, 1933.

A 1926 magazine cover depicts the proposed 40-story Sterling Hotel in Houston, designed by Ross Sterling's son-in-law, architect Wyatt Hedrick; the hotel was never built.[1]
  1. ^ "Designs for the 'Sterling Hotel' in Houston". The Grand Old Lady. August 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2015.