Ralph Wilbur Moss (April 21, 1862 – April 26, 1919) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Moss was educated in the common schools of the township and attended

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, for two years. He taught school in Sugar Ridge Township, and was principal of the graded schools in

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. He subsequently became engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served as member of the

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from 1905 to 1909. Moss was elected as a

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to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture ( Sixty-second Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress and for election in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. He retired to his farm near

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, where he died from injuries sustained after he was attacked by a bull on his farm. He was interred in Moss Cemetery, near his home.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Ralph Wilbur 1862 births 1919 deaths People from Clay County, Indiana Democratic Party Indiana state senators Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 19th-century American politicians Purdue University alumni Educators from Indiana Deaths due to bull attacks Deaths due to animal attacks in the United States Accidental deaths in Indiana