US Senator. He was elected from Nebraska as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913. He served on the Committee on Patents in the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912. He attended the common schools before graduating from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1883. After being admitted to the bar in 1884, he commenced practice in Perry, Dallas County, Iowa. He moved to Kearney, Nebraska in 1888 and continued the practice of law. Entering politics, he became the prosecuting attorney of Buffalo County from 1892 to 1896, deputy attorney general of Nebraska from 1900 to 1904, and attorney general of Nebraska from 1904 to 1906 before becoming a Senator. While state attorney general, he received public recognition in this post in a winning verdict in a tax suit of over a million dollars against the railroads. The money was used to open schools in Nebraska. After leaving his duties as a senator, he resumed the practice of law in Omaha from 1913 to 1942, becoming a senior partner. He served as an attorney for the Omaha Stockyards for 30 years. After retiring, he relocated to Seattle, Washington. He was married twice. In 1885, he married Lula K. Beeler, who died in 1925. The couple had two daughters. As a widower, he married Ann L. Howland in 1927, and she died in 1937.

US Senator. He was elected from Nebraska as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913. He served on the Committee on Patents in the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912. He attended the common schools before graduating from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1883. After being admitted to the bar in 1884, he commenced practice in Perry, Dallas County, Iowa. He moved to Kearney, Nebraska in 1888 and continued the practice of law. Entering politics, he became the prosecuting attorney of Buffalo County from 1892 to 1896, deputy attorney general of Nebraska from 1900 to 1904, and attorney general of Nebraska from 1904 to 1906 before becoming a Senator. While state attorney general, he received public recognition in this post in a winning verdict in a tax suit of over a million dollars against the railroads. The money was used to open schools in Nebraska. After leaving his duties as a senator, he resumed the practice of law in Omaha from 1913 to 1942, becoming a senior partner. He served as an attorney for the Omaha Stockyards for 30 years. After retiring, he relocated to Seattle, Washington. He was married twice. In 1885, he married Lula K. Beeler, who died in 1925. The couple had two daughters. As a widower, he married Ann L. Howland in 1927, and she died in 1937.