He was a Representative from Indiana who attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1917. He served overseas as a first lieutenant, Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry from 1917-1919. He was awarded the Purple Heart as captain of the Infantry Reserve, United States Army from 1920-1949. He was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1917, Indiana bar in 1919, and commenced practice in Kokomo. He was also the prosecuting attorney of Howard County from 1920-1924. He had been the special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1931 to 1935 when he resigned to resume private practice. He was then elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949)and chairman of the Select Committee on the Federal Communications Commission (Eightieth Congress). He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He resumed the practice of law and was Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1955. He then retired in 1960 and resided in Sarasota, Florida where he died. He was entombed in the mausoleum at Crown Point. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
He was a Representative from Indiana who attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1917. He served overseas as a first lieutenant, Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry from 1917-1919. He was awarded the Purple Heart as captain of the Infantry Reserve, United States Army from 1920-1949. He was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1917, Indiana bar in 1919, and commenced practice in Kokomo. He was also the prosecuting attorney of Howard County from 1920-1924. He had been the special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1931 to 1935 when he resigned to resume private practice. He was then elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949)and chairman of the Select Committee on the Federal Communications Commission (Eightieth Congress). He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress. He resumed the practice of law and was Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1955. He then retired in 1960 and resided in Sarasota, Florida where he died. He was entombed in the mausoleum at Crown Point. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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