U.S. Congressman. While working as a school teacher, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced to practice law in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He was district attorney of Lafayette County (1880-84), editor-owner of the Darlington Republican Journal (1883-1919) and tax collector of internal revenue for the second Wisconsin district (1900-08). In 1919, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress, serving until 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he relocated to Iowa, until his death.
U.S. Congressman. While working as a school teacher, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced to practice law in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He was district attorney of Lafayette County (1880-84), editor-owner of the Darlington Republican Journal (1883-1919) and tax collector of internal revenue for the second Wisconsin district (1900-08). In 1919, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress, serving until 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he relocated to Iowa, until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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