U.S. Congressman. Immigrating to the United States with his parents in 1886, he lived on a farm near Clear Lake, Minnesota. He apprenticed as a printer, later being publisher of the Royalton Banner, the Foley Independent and the Wadena Pioneer Journal at Wadena, Minnesota. He was a delegate to the Republican State conventions (1902, 04, 10) and president of the Northern Minnesota Editorial Association (1910-11). In 1917, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress and to the next fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving until 1949. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was publisher of the Wadena Pioneer Journal until his death.
U.S. Congressman. Immigrating to the United States with his parents in 1886, he lived on a farm near Clear Lake, Minnesota. He apprenticed as a printer, later being publisher of the Royalton Banner, the Foley Independent and the Wadena Pioneer Journal at Wadena, Minnesota. He was a delegate to the Republican State conventions (1902, 04, 10) and president of the Northern Minnesota Editorial Association (1910-11). In 1917, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress and to the next fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving until 1949. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was publisher of the Wadena Pioneer Journal until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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