Senator from the fifth district, consisting of Decatur, Ringgold and Union counties. Member of the Board of Control of state institutions, was born on a farm near Salem, Illinois, May 14, 1872. He went to Chicago at the age of fifteen, an orphan, and became superintendent of Empire Warehouses, Inc., of Chicago, at age of 26. Married Evelyn M. Payne and has three daughters, Martha, Helen and Evelyn. Moved to Iowa and entered the mercantile business at Floris in1903. Moved to Garden Grove, Decatur county, in 1920 and continued in mercantile business there. Member of Methodist church. Elected to the state senate in 1932 and appointed by Governor Herring as a member of the board of control during the session of the forty-sixth general assembly. A democrat.

Senator from the fifth district consisting of Decatur, Ringgold and Union counties, was born on a farm near Salem, Illinois, May 14, 1872. He went to Chicago at the age of fifteen, an orphan, and became superintendent of Empire Warehouses, Inc., of Chicago, at age of 26. Married Evelyn M. Payne and has three daughters, Martha, Helen and Evelyn. Moved to Iowa and entered the mercantile business at Floris in 1903. Moved to Garden Grove, Decatur county, in 1920 and continued in mercantile business there. Member of Methodist church. Serving first term in the legislature. A democrat.