U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Wesleyan University Connecticut, in 1889, from Columbia University New York, in 1905 and was a member of the faculty of political science of Hamilton College New York, (1904-29) and served in the New York State Senate, (1909-11). He was again a member of the New York State Senate (1919-25) and served as chairman of the New York State Legislative Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment. In 1925, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1933. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was president of the National Institute of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C., (1934-49) and chairman of the Federal Personnel Council, Washington, D.C., until his retirement in 1953.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Wesleyan University Connecticut, in 1889, from Columbia University New York, in 1905 and was a member of the faculty of political science of Hamilton College New York, (1904-29) and served in the New York State Senate, (1909-11). He was again a member of the New York State Senate (1919-25) and served as chairman of the New York State Legislative Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment. In 1925, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1933. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was president of the National Institute of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C., (1934-49) and chairman of the Federal Personnel Council, Washington, D.C., until his retirement in 1953.
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