Senator from the forty-ninth district, including Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and Sioux counties, was born at Prinsburg, Kandiyohi county, Minnesota, June 6, 1900, of Dutch descent parents, Evert Jans Roelofs and Jessie de Vries. Graduated from country school, Calvin preparatory school, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1918, and Calvin college, in 1921; attended University of Minnesota 1919, University of Michigan 1922. Married in 1921 to Henrietta Ryskamp, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and they have two sons: Wallace Gerald and Rodman Glenn. He was principal of Christian grammar school at Edgerton, Minnesota, for two years; taught English literature for one year at Christian high school, Holland, Michigan; taught history at Western academy, Hull, Iowa, for eight years, the last four years serving as headmaster. Since 1930 he has been joint publisher and editor of the Sioux Center News, Sioux Center, Iowa. Member of American Legion and Christian Reformed church. Serving first term in the legislature. A republican.

Senator from the forty-ninth district, including Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and Sioux counties, was born at Prinsburg, Kandiyohi county, Minnesota, June 6, 1900, of Dutch descent parents: Evert Jans Roelofs and Jessie de Vries. Graduated from country school, Calvin preparatory school, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1918, and Calvin College in 1921; attended University of Minnesota 1919, University of Michigan 1922. Married in 1921 to Henrietta Ryskamp, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and they have two sons: Wallace Gerald and Rodman Glenn. He was principal of Christian grammar school at Edgerton, Minnesota, for two years; taught English literature for one year at Christian high school, Holland, Michigan; taught history at Western Academy, Hull, Iowa, for eight years, the last four years serving as headmaster. Since 1930 he has been joint publisher and editor of the Sioux Center News, Sioux Center, Iowa. Member of American Legion and Christian Reformed church. Serving first term in the legislature. A republican.