U.S. Congressman. Moving to Georgia, he graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Georgia in 1910 and worked in Ironwood, Michigan (1910 to 1915). Relocating to Virginia, he was employed as vice president with the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (1915 to 1930). Entering politics, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Schuyler Otis Bland, reelected to the Eighty-second Congress, and to the next three succeeding Congresses (1950 to 1959). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he lived in retirement until his death.
U.S. Congressman. Moving to Georgia, he graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Georgia in 1910 and worked in Ironwood, Michigan (1910 to 1915). Relocating to Virginia, he was employed as vice president with the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (1915 to 1930). Entering politics, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Schuyler Otis Bland, reelected to the Eighty-second Congress, and to the next three succeeding Congresses (1950 to 1959). An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he lived in retirement until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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