John Marshall Rose was born in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a son of Wesley J. Rose and Martha Given. He graduated from
Washington & Jefferson College in
Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1880. He taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Johnstown. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1889, but declined reelection. During his term he acquired the nickname "the whistling statesman" for his habit of whistling popular songs. Rose was elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-fifth,
Sixty-sixth, and
Sixty-seventh Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He died in
Washington, D.C., on April 22, 1923. He is interred in
Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown. ==References==