U.S. Congressman. He attended Newton College, engaged in agricultural pursuits, joined the Farmers Alliance in 1889, and was the North Carolina Catawba County district lecturer in 1890. He was a delegate at the St. Louis, Missouri, labor conference in 1892 and was elected vice president of the North Carolina State Alliance in 1894. In 1895, he was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1899. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his agricultural pursuits until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He attended Newton College, engaged in agricultural pursuits, joined the Farmers Alliance in 1889, and was the North Carolina Catawba County district lecturer in 1890. He was a delegate at the St. Louis, Missouri, labor conference in 1892 and was elected vice president of the North Carolina State Alliance in 1894. In 1895, he was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1899. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his agricultural pursuits until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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