Background
He was the son of John Clark Rose and Martha (Bailey) Rose.
politician member of the New York State Senate
He was the son of John Clark Rose and Martha (Bailey) Rose.
He graduated Bachelor of Philosophy from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1897. He attended New York Law School in 1898, but abandoned the law, and engaged in the manufacture of brick instead.
Their only son John Barclay Rose died in 1919 of pneumonia. He was President of the Greater New York Brick Company, a brick trust. In 1918, his brick and gravel companies went into receivership, and in 1919 he filed schedules in bankruptcy.
Rose was a member of the New York State Senate (25th Doctorate) from 1909 to 1912, sitting in the 132nd, 133rd, 134th and 135th New York State Legislatures.