U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1922, from Yale Law School in 1925, was admitted to the bar, and began practicing law in Naugatuck, Connecticut. He was a prosecuting attorney in Naugatuck (1928 to 1933), judge of Naugatuck (1935 to 1937), Connecticut State Treasurer (1939 to 1941), and workmen's commissioner for the fifth district of Connecticut (1941 to 1942). In 1942, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Joseph Smith. He was re-elected to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses, serving until 1947. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was appointed a member of the U.S. Tariff Commission (1953 to 1965). He also served as chairman of the Committee on Reciprocity Information from 1959 until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1922, from Yale Law School in 1925, was admitted to the bar, and began practicing law in Naugatuck, Connecticut. He was a prosecuting attorney in Naugatuck (1928 to 1933), judge of Naugatuck (1935 to 1937), Connecticut State Treasurer (1939 to 1941), and workmen's commissioner for the fifth district of Connecticut (1941 to 1942). In 1942, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Joseph Smith. He was re-elected to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses, serving until 1947. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was appointed a member of the U.S. Tariff Commission (1953 to 1965). He also served as chairman of the Committee on Reciprocity Information from 1959 until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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