John Q. Ross

John Q. Ross (born June 28, 1873 in Jamestown , Greene County , Ohio , †  May 12, 1922 in Muskegon , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1915 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Michigan.

Career

John Ross attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1894, he worked in Michigan in this profession until 1919. He was employed in various law firms. His hometown became Muskegon. He was involved in the construction and further development of this place. He was also a member and, in 1909, acting chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce. He also became President of the Western Michigan Development Company . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1915 he was a member of their state board for Michigan; in June 1916 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago .

In 1910, John Ross was elected Lieutenant Governor of Michigan alongside Chase Osborn . He held this office after re-election between 1911 and 1915. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . From 1913 he served under the new Woodbridge Governor Nathan Ferris . During the First World War , Ross was a manager of the vitally important Linderman Machine Company . In 1919 he ended his career as a lawyer. Instead, he worked in other industries such as banking. From 1919 until his death, he served as President of the Union National Bank . He continued to be active in the Chamber of Commerce. John Ross died in Muskegon on May 12, 1922. He had two children with his wife, Katherine Schwedler.

Web links

• The Political Graveyard
• The Michigan Lieutenant Governors ( April 17, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive )
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