U.S. Congressman. At the age of eighteen, he moved west to various states where he engaged in agricultural, ranching and farming pursuits. Returning east in 1898, he settled in Massachusetts and operated a chain of restaurants. He was a member of the Massachusetts Governor’s council, (1913, 18-19) and a delegate to the Republican National Convention, (1920, 24). In 1925, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George B. Churchill, reelected to the Seventieth Congress, serving until 1929. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his former business interests until his death at age 66.
U.S. Congressman. At the age of eighteen, he moved west to various states where he engaged in agricultural, ranching and farming pursuits. Returning east in 1898, he settled in Massachusetts and operated a chain of restaurants. He was a member of the Massachusetts Governor’s council, (1913, 18-19) and a delegate to the Republican National Convention, (1920, 24). In 1925, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George B. Churchill, reelected to the Seventieth Congress, serving until 1929. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his former business interests until his death at age 66.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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