Representative from Louisa county, was born on a farm in said county, November 2, 1879. He received his education in the rural schools and graduated from the Columbus Junction high school and in 1906 was graduated from the agricultural department of the Iowa State college at Ames. In November, 1908, he was married to Elsie Getts and they are the parents of seven children, five girls: Mary, Harriet, Marie, Marjorie and Helen, and two boys: Richard and Charles. He has spent his entire life on the farm in the raising of live stock and general farm management and has served as president of his local shipping association, school board, county farm bureau and the Louisa county fair association. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, Masonic bodies including the Consistory and Mystic Shrine. Serving his second term in the legislature. A republican.

Representative from Louisa county, was born on a farm in said county November 2, 1879. He received his education in the rural schools and graduated from the Columbus Junction high school and in 1906 was graduated from the agriculture department of the Iowa State College at Ames. In November, 1908, he was married to Elsie Getts and they are the parents of seven children, five girls: Mary, Harriet, Marie, Marjorie and Helen, and two boys: Richard and Charles. He has spent his entire life on the farm in the raising of live stock and general farm management and has served as president of his local shipping association, school board, county farm bureau and the Louisa County Fair Association. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and Consistory and Mystic Shrine fraternal organizations. Serving his first term in the legislature. A republican.