US Congressman. Born in Boise, Idaho, he graduated from the University of Idaho in 1925, then worked as a wool grader, bank clerk, foreman of a sheep ranch and as office manager for a mining company. Relocating to Keating, Oregon, he owned and operated a cattle ranch (1929-50), was the supervisor of the Keating Soil Conservation District, (1941-45), engaged in the real estate business (1951-52) and served in the Oregon State Senate (1951-52). In 1953, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses, serving until 1957. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he served as Deputy Director for the International Cooperation Administration in Lima, Peru, (1957-59). Returning to America, he lived in retirement until his death at age 77 in Laguna Hills, California.
US Congressman. Born in Boise, Idaho, he graduated from the University of Idaho in 1925, then worked as a wool grader, bank clerk, foreman of a sheep ranch and as office manager for a mining company. Relocating to Keating, Oregon, he owned and operated a cattle ranch (1929-50), was the supervisor of the Keating Soil Conservation District, (1941-45), engaged in the real estate business (1951-52) and served in the Oregon State Senate (1951-52). In 1953, he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses, serving until 1957. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he served as Deputy Director for the International Cooperation Administration in Lima, Peru, (1957-59). Returning to America, he lived in retirement until his death at age 77 in Laguna Hills, California.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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