US Congressman. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Duquesne University Pittsburgh, learned the pressman's trade and was employed on the City Pittsburgh newspapers, (1914-36) During World War I, he served in Europe, as a Private 1st Class, in the US Army, (1918-19). After the war, he was a delegate to the Pittsburgh Central Labor Union, (1920-40) and a member of the Allegheny County Board for the Assessment and Revision of Taxes, (1936-41). In 1941, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses, serving until 1945. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to be a member of the Boards of Viewers of Allegheny County, until his death at age 59 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
US Congressman. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Duquesne University Pittsburgh, learned the pressman's trade and was employed on the City Pittsburgh newspapers, (1914-36) During World War I, he served in Europe, as a Private 1st Class, in the US Army, (1918-19). After the war, he was a delegate to the Pittsburgh Central Labor Union, (1920-40) and a member of the Allegheny County Board for the Assessment and Revision of Taxes, (1936-41). In 1941, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses, serving until 1945. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to be a member of the Boards of Viewers of Allegheny County, until his death at age 59 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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