US Congressman. Graduating from the University of California, in 1889, from Harvard University, in 1894, he then attended the Universities of Berlin, Strassburg and Paris, (1894-96). Returning to the United States, he was an instructor in philosophy at Harvard University, at the University of California, associate professor at Bryn Mawr College, associate professor and professor at the University of California, professor of philosophy at Yale University, and president of the American Philosophical Association in 1910. During World War I, he served as a Major Deputy Commissioner, under the Italian Commission of the American Red Cross in Italy. After the war, he served in the Connecticut State Senate. In 1933, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third Congress, serving until 1935. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he retired from public service and was a writer until his death at age 90.
US Congressman. Graduating from the University of California, in 1889, from Harvard University, in 1894, he then attended the Universities of Berlin, Strassburg and Paris, (1894-96). Returning to the United States, he was an instructor in philosophy at Harvard University, at the University of California, associate professor at Bryn Mawr College, associate professor and professor at the University of California, professor of philosophy at Yale University, and president of the American Philosophical Association in 1910. During World War I, he served as a Major Deputy Commissioner, under the Italian Commission of the American Red Cross in Italy. After the war, he served in the Connecticut State Senate. In 1933, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third Congress, serving until 1935. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he retired from public service and was a writer until his death at age 90.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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