US Congressman. He graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Illinois in 1881 and was superintendent of the public schools of Lexington, 1881 to 1883. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in December 1884 and commenced practice in Bloomington. He became State's attorney of McLean County, 1892 to 1896 and member of the Republican State central committee, 1896 to 1898. Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses, March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1913. He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915 unitl his death as the result of an automobile accident. His brother Thomas Sterling was US Senator from North Dakota.
US Congressman. He graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Illinois in 1881 and was superintendent of the public schools of Lexington, 1881 to 1883. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in December 1884 and commenced practice in Bloomington. He became State's attorney of McLean County, 1892 to 1896 and member of the Republican State central committee, 1896 to 1898. Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses, March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1913. He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915 unitl his death as the result of an automobile accident. His brother Thomas Sterling was US Senator from North Dakota.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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