Howard Ross Ake (September 22, 1878 – February 11, 1954) was a Republican politician and banker from the U.S. state of Ohio.

H. Ross Ake was born September 22, 1878, on a farm in Osnaburg Township, Stark County, Ohio.

[3] The legislature passed the Ake Law, which in 1919 outlawed the teaching of the German language below the eighth grade in all schools, both public and private.

[4] In February 1929, Ohio State Treasurer Bert B. Buckley was convicted of bribery, and forced to resign rather than be impeached.

[1] Ake was a member of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Jr.