U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from Beloit College Wisconsin, in 1906 and taught school in Chadron, Nebraska, (1906-08). He graduated from the law department of Harvard University, in 1911, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Omaha, Nebraska. During World War I, he served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Service, (1917-19). After the war, he was president of the Omaha Board of Education, (1927-30) and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress, serving (1933-35). Not seeking reelection, he was elected to the United States Senate, serving (1935-41). After failing to be re-nominated, he resumed the practice of law, served as president of the Southern Coal Producers Association and was a representative on the general counsel for Hawaiian Statehood Commission in 1950. He then lived in retirement until his death at age 87.
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from Beloit College Wisconsin, in 1906 and taught school in Chadron, Nebraska, (1906-08). He graduated from the law department of Harvard University, in 1911, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Omaha, Nebraska. During World War I, he served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Service, (1917-19). After the war, he was president of the Omaha Board of Education, (1927-30) and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress, serving (1933-35). Not seeking reelection, he was elected to the United States Senate, serving (1935-41). After failing to be re-nominated, he resumed the practice of law, served as president of the Southern Coal Producers Association and was a representative on the general counsel for Hawaiian Statehood Commission in 1950. He then lived in retirement until his death at age 87.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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