U.S. Congressman. Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, during the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Uprising in China, he served as a Sergeant in Troop F, 3rd Cavalry, US Army. After his discharge from the US Army, he was employed as a railroad engineer with the Isthmian Canal Commission, Panama Canal Zone, (1904-10). Returning to Kentucky, he engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the board of trustees of Munfordville, (1910-25), assisted in organizing the Burley Tobacco Growers Association, served as director (1922-41) and was a member of the Kentucky Mammoth Cave National Park Commission, (1922-28). In 1929, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress, serving until 1931. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was a field agent for the Federal Farm Board, Washington, D.C., (1931- 32), agent of the Kentucky Blue Grass Cooperative Association (1933-34) and treasurer of Hart County Kentucky, (1934-35). He served as a member of the Kentucky State Agricultural Adjustment Administration Committee from 1939, until his death at age 60 in Louisville, Kentucky.
U.S. Congressman. Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, during the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Uprising in China, he served as a Sergeant in Troop F, 3rd Cavalry, US Army. After his discharge from the US Army, he was employed as a railroad engineer with the Isthmian Canal Commission, Panama Canal Zone, (1904-10). Returning to Kentucky, he engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the board of trustees of Munfordville, (1910-25), assisted in organizing the Burley Tobacco Growers Association, served as director (1922-41) and was a member of the Kentucky Mammoth Cave National Park Commission, (1922-28). In 1929, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress, serving until 1931. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was a field agent for the Federal Farm Board, Washington, D.C., (1931- 32), agent of the Kentucky Blue Grass Cooperative Association (1933-34) and treasurer of Hart County Kentucky, (1934-35). He served as a member of the Kentucky State Agricultural Adjustment Administration Committee from 1939, until his death at age 60 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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