U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. While working as a logger and a court reporter, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced to practice law in Superior, Wisconsin. Entering politics, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1901-07). In 1909, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving until he resigned in 1918. After leaving Congress, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Paul O. Husting, serving 1918-27. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he was appointed judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by President Herbert Hoover in 1929 and served until his retirement in 1944.
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. While working as a logger and a court reporter, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced to practice law in Superior, Wisconsin. Entering politics, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1901-07). In 1909, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving until he resigned in 1918. After leaving Congress, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Paul O. Husting, serving 1918-27. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he was appointed judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by President Herbert Hoover in 1929 and served until his retirement in 1944.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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