U.S. Congressman. He graduated from the law department of Lake Forest University, Chicago, in 1900, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in the United States Treasury Department, (1900-19). Moving to Michigan, in 1920, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions, (1924, 26, 28). In 1933, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress, serving until 1935. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his agricultural pursuits until his death at age 81.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from the law department of Lake Forest University, Chicago, in 1900, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in the United States Treasury Department, (1900-19). Moving to Michigan, in 1920, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions, (1924, 26, 28). In 1933, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress, serving until 1935. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed his agricultural pursuits until his death at age 81.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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