US Congress Representative from Illinois. He graduated from Wesleyan University at Bloomington, was admitted to the bar in 1892, and commenced law practice in Bloomington, Illinois. From 1909 to 1914 he served as county judge and probate judge of McLean County also the master in chancery from 1916 to 1918. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916 and was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses, March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1933. Unsuccessful as a candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law and was again elected as county judge of McLean County in 1934 and served until his retirement in 1942.
US Congress Representative from Illinois. He graduated from Wesleyan University at Bloomington, was admitted to the bar in 1892, and commenced law practice in Bloomington, Illinois. From 1909 to 1914 he served as county judge and probate judge of McLean County also the master in chancery from 1916 to 1918. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916 and was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses, March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1933. Unsuccessful as a candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law and was again elected as county judge of McLean County in 1934 and served until his retirement in 1942.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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