U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Tri-State College, in 1901; moved to South Dakota, in 1907 and was publisher of the Wasta Gazette, (1910-18). There he was United States commissioner at Wasta, (1910-13) a member of the South Dakota State Senate in 1911 and appointed by President Wilson as receiver of public moneys of the U.S. land office at Rapid City, (1913-15). In 1915, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was executive secretary of the National Coal Association, (1923-30), with the Pittston Company, (1930-37), chairman, Bituminous Coal Producers Board of Ohio, (1937-40) and assistant president of the Elk River Coal & Lumber Company and Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad, in 1944. Relocating to California, he lived in retirement until his death at age 76.

U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Tri-State College, in 1901; moved to South Dakota, in 1907 and was publisher of the Wasta Gazette, (1910-18). There he was United States commissioner at Wasta, (1910-13) a member of the South Dakota State Senate in 1911 and appointed by President Wilson as receiver of public moneys of the U.S. land office at Rapid City, (1913-15). In 1915, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was executive secretary of the National Coal Association, (1923-30), with the Pittston Company, (1930-37), chairman, Bituminous Coal Producers Board of Ohio, (1937-40) and assistant president of the Elk River Coal & Lumber Company and Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad, in 1944. Relocating to California, he lived in retirement until his death at age 76.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith