J. Ross Mickey

J. Ross Mickey was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from Illinois.
Born on a farm in Eldorado Township, McDonough County, Illinois, Mickey attended the public schools and Lincoln College.
He taught in the public schools of Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, for a number of years.
He studied law.
He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in 1889 and practiced in Macomb, Illinois, until 1898.
Mickey was elected judge of McDonough County in 1898 for a term of four years, but resigned February 22, 1901, having been elected to Congress.
Mickey was elected as a Democrat to the 57th [United States Congress|Fifty-seventh] Congress.
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1902.
He resumed the practice of law in Macomb, Illinois.
He served as president of the Mystic Workers of the World 1908-1918 and as a director from 1918 until his death.
He died in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, on March 20, 1928.
He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb, Illinois.