Nashua Chickasaw County Democrat Born September 4, 1883, in Richland township, near Nashua, Iowa. Youngest son of a pioneer family of eleven children. Educated in the public schools of Chickasaw county, and Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls. Farm owner and operator. Retired to his Nashua home seven years ago. Was secretary of the local schools 25 years, assessor of Richland township 20 years. Has been director of Nashua Big 4 Fair 14 years. Member of Farm Bureau, Masonic lodge, O. E. S. and Methodist church. Married in 1907 to Pearl Yates of Hamburg, Iowa. Family consists of two children, Wendell and Dorothy, and five grandchildren. Serving third term.

Nashua Chickasaw County Democrat Born on a farm located fourteen miles southwest of New Hampton, Iowa, Chickasaw county, on September 4, 1883. Educated in the public schools of the same county and the Iowa State Teachers' college at Cedar Falls. Farm owner and spent most of his active life in farming. Retired to his Nashua home five years ago. Was secretary of the local schools for 25 years and held the office of township assessor 20 years. Has been a director of the Big 4 Fair at Nashua the Past 12 years. Is a 32nd degree Mason, member of the O.E.S. and member of the Methodist Church. Married Miss Pearl Yates of Hamburg, Iowa, on June 1, 1907, and they are parents of two grown children, Wendell and Dorothy. Serving his second term.

Nashua Chickasaw Co. Democrat Born on a farm located fourteen miles southwest of New Hampton, Iowa, in Richland township, Chickasaw county, on September 4, 1883. Educated in the public schools of the same county and the Iowa State Teachers' college at Cedar Falls. Has owned and operated the same farm for the past forty years and is a breeder of purebred Hereford cattle. Was secretary of the local school board for 25 years and held the office of township assessor 20 years. Has been a director of the Big Four fair at Nashua for the past ten years. Is a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Nashua Methodist church and lives in the town of Nashua. Married Miss Pearl Yates of Hamburg, Iowa, on June 1, 1907, and they are the parents of a grown son and daughter. Serving his first term.