House  1917-20  (District 58)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   St. Louis
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            12/29/1885
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Crawfordsville, Indiana
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Montgomery
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            11/26/1951
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Duluth
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Attorney
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana; College Graduate; 1909
Harvard University, Law School; Law Degree; 1912; Admitted to the Bar, 1912
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            U.S. Representative: 
                                            8th Congressional District, Minnesota; 
                         
                         03/04/1929 to 03/03/1933
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Representative: 
                                            8th Congressional District, Minnesota; 
                         
                         01/03/1935 to 01/03/1937
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Representative: 
                                            8th Congressional District, Minnesota; 
                         
                         01/03/1939 to 01/03/1947
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was born on a farm.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 1932, 1936, and 1946.
He was a member of the Republican Party when he served in the United States Congress.
He died in Duluth, Minnesota and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.