U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Newberry College in 1895, taught school for two years, and was private secretary to U.S. Congressman J. William Stokes (1897 to 1901). After graduating from the law department of Georgetown University in 1899, he was admitted to the bar but did not practice law. Entering politics, he was a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives in 1901. In 1901, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. William Stokes, reelected to the Fifty-eighth Congress, and to the next eight succeeding Congresses, serving until 1919. After leaving Congress, he was a member of the boards of trustees of Clemson College and Newberry College. He was also a field representative of the Federal Farm Loan Board and director of the public relations administration of the Farm Credit Administration from 1922 until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Newberry College in 1895, taught school for two years, and was private secretary to U.S. Congressman J. William Stokes (1897 to 1901). After graduating from the law department of Georgetown University in 1899, he was admitted to the bar but did not practice law. Entering politics, he was a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives in 1901. In 1901, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. William Stokes, reelected to the Fifty-eighth Congress, and to the next eight succeeding Congresses, serving until 1919. After leaving Congress, he was a member of the boards of trustees of Clemson College and Newberry College. He was also a field representative of the Federal Farm Loan Board and director of the public relations administration of the Farm Credit Administration from 1922 until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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