U.S. Congressman. He graduated in law from the University of Virginia in 1900, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Evansville, Indiana. He was a member of the Indiana State House of Representatives (1903-04) and deputy prosecuting attorney of the Indiana Circuit (1908-12). In 1919, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1923. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was special assistant to the Secretary of Labor (1923-25) and appointed by President Coolidge to be Assistant Attorney General of the United States, in 1925. In 1930, he was appointed by President Hoover as an associate justice of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia and served until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated in law from the University of Virginia in 1900, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Evansville, Indiana. He was a member of the Indiana State House of Representatives (1903-04) and deputy prosecuting attorney of the Indiana Circuit (1908-12). In 1919, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1923. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was special assistant to the Secretary of Labor (1923-25) and appointed by President Coolidge to be Assistant Attorney General of the United States, in 1925. In 1930, he was appointed by President Hoover as an associate justice of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia and served until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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