U.S. Congressman. He taught school in a rural district of Stearns County, Minnesota and was employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as a land examiner, (1881-82). Moving to Glenwood, Minnesota, he served as clerk of the district court of Pope County, (1884-93). In 1895, he was the first Representative from Minnesota, elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1903. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was editor-owner of the Sauk Centre Herald, (1901-07), engaged as a writer-lecturer (1907-15) and a member of the Minnesota Immigration Bureau in 1916. In 1918, he became clerk in the automobile department in the office of the Secretary of State of Minnesota, serving until his death at age 72.
U.S. Congressman. He taught school in a rural district of Stearns County, Minnesota and was employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as a land examiner, (1881-82). Moving to Glenwood, Minnesota, he served as clerk of the district court of Pope County, (1884-93). In 1895, he was the first Representative from Minnesota, elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1903. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was editor-owner of the Sauk Centre Herald, (1901-07), engaged as a writer-lecturer (1907-15) and a member of the Minnesota Immigration Bureau in 1916. In 1918, he became clerk in the automobile department in the office of the Secretary of State of Minnesota, serving until his death at age 72.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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