lawyer, politician, Congressman, b. Beaver Dam. He graduated from Wayland Academy (1884). He studied law in a law office and at the Univ. of Wisconsin, was admitted to the bar (1888), and set up a practice in Beaver Dam. A Democrat, he was state assemblyman (1891-1894) and state senator (1895-1898). He was city attorney of Beaver Dam (1893-1908) and mayor (1908-1910). In 1910 he was elected to Congress and served three terms (1911-1917). Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); Wis. Blue Book (1913); J. R. Berryman, ed., Bench and Bar of Wis. (2 vols., Chicago, 1898); Beaver Dam Argils, Dec. 12, 1918.Learn More
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[Source: Blue book]
