US Congressman. Born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Niagara University New York, in 1922, Albany Law School New York, in 1924 and Dickinson Law School Pennsylvania, in 1925. He was admitted to the bar in 1926, commenced the practice of law in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and was district attorney of Susquehanna County, (1936-48) and burgess of borough of Susquehanna, (1948-51). In 1951, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wilson D. Gillette, reelected to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1959. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was director of practice, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C., (1959-60), secretary to Representative Scranton of Pennsylvania in 1961 and manager, State Workmen’s Insurance Fund of Pennsylvania, (1963-71). He died at age 87 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
US Congressman. Born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Niagara University New York, in 1922, Albany Law School New York, in 1924 and Dickinson Law School Pennsylvania, in 1925. He was admitted to the bar in 1926, commenced the practice of law in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and was district attorney of Susquehanna County, (1936-48) and burgess of borough of Susquehanna, (1948-51). In 1951, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wilson D. Gillette, reelected to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1959. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was director of practice, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C., (1959-60), secretary to Representative Scranton of Pennsylvania in 1961 and manager, State Workmen’s Insurance Fund of Pennsylvania, (1963-71). He died at age 87 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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