U.S. Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1870, and commenced to practice law in Crown Point, Indiana. He was prosecuting attorney of the thirty-first judicial circuit (1880-84) and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving 1915-17. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law. He also served as president of the Commercial Bank and the First Calumet Trust & Savings Bank until he retired in 1939.
U.S. Congressman. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1870, and commenced to practice law in Crown Point, Indiana. He was prosecuting attorney of the thirty-first judicial circuit (1880-84) and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving 1915-17. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law. He also served as president of the Commercial Bank and the First Calumet Trust & Savings Bank until he retired in 1939.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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