U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he taught school in Concord, Michigan, (1881-86). He served as the Jackson County Register of Deeds, (1886-97), studied law, admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced the practice of law in Jackson, Michigan. In 1903, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1911. He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1911 and served until 1923. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was appointed in 1923, as a member of the International Joint Commission created to regulate the use of the boundary waters between the United States and Canada and served until his death.
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U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he taught school in Concord, Michigan, (1881-86). He served as the Jackson County Register of Deeds, (1886-97), studied law, admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced the practice of law in Jackson, Michigan. In 1903, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1911. He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1911 and served until 1923. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was appointed in 1923, as a member of the International Joint Commission created to regulate the use of the boundary waters between the United States and Canada and served until his death.
(Hi guys, Please put bio by John "J-Cat" Griffith on my rewrites and thanks.)
(Hi guys, Please put bio by John "J-Cat" Griffith on my rewrites and thanks.)
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