U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Pennsylvania State College, in 1924, from Harvard Law School, Doctor of Laws, in 1927, was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced to practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Allegheny County Board of Law Examiners, (1934-42), served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, (1939-40) a solicitor for Dormont Borough in 1942 and publisher of the Mount Lebanon News. During World II, he served in the South Pacific as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserves. In 1945, while still in the Navy, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress and reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving until death from a heart attack at age 68.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Pennsylvania State College, in 1924, from Harvard Law School, Doctor of Laws, in 1927, was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced to practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Allegheny County Board of Law Examiners, (1934-42), served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, (1939-40) a solicitor for Dormont Borough in 1942 and publisher of the Mount Lebanon News. During World II, he served in the South Pacific as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserves. In 1945, while still in the Navy, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress and reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving until death from a heart attack at age 68.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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