U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1881, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Omaha, Nebraska, (1882-85). He then engaged in the newspaper business, established the Omaha Evening World, purchased the Nebraska Morning Herald in 1889 and consolidated the two into the Morning and Evening World Herald. In 1903, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress, serving until 1905 and elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses, serving (1905-11). After leaving Congress, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, serving (1911-23). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his newspaper business until retiring in 1933.
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1881, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Omaha, Nebraska, (1882-85). He then engaged in the newspaper business, established the Omaha Evening World, purchased the Nebraska Morning Herald in 1889 and consolidated the two into the Morning and Evening World Herald. In 1903, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress, serving until 1905 and elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses, serving (1905-11). After leaving Congress, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, serving (1911-23). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his newspaper business until retiring in 1933.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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