US Congressman. Born in Republican, Kentucky, he studied law, graduated from Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College and taught in the rural schools of Knott County, (1912-15). He was high school superintendent at Raceland, Kentucky, (1917-19) and clerk of Greenup County, (1922-38). In 1938, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Fred M. Vinson, reelected to the Seventy-sixth Congress and to the next six succeeding Congresses, serving until 1953. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he practice law until his death at age 71 in Greenup, Kentucky.
US Congressman. Born in Republican, Kentucky, he studied law, graduated from Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College and taught in the rural schools of Knott County, (1912-15). He was high school superintendent at Raceland, Kentucky, (1917-19) and clerk of Greenup County, (1922-38). In 1938, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Fred M. Vinson, reelected to the Seventy-sixth Congress and to the next six succeeding Congresses, serving until 1953. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he practice law until his death at age 71 in Greenup, Kentucky.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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