Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born on a farm near Avoca, Iowa, September 6, 1882. He attended rural school and Avoca high school; graduated from the law department of the State University of Iowa in 1906. He was admitted to the bar the same year but returned to farming, at which he is engaged at the present time. He enlisted as a private in L company, 168th infantry, Rainbow division, and was later made a sergeant. He was twice wounded. He is a charter member and first commander of Fred Funston Post, American Legion, at Avoca, Iowa. He is a Mason, a Shriner, and in politics a republican. Member of the forty-second, forty-second extra, forty-third, and forty-fourth general assemblies.

Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born on a farm near Avoca, Iowa, September 6, 1882. He attended rural school and Avoca high school; graduated from the law department of the State University of Iowa in 1906. He was admitted to the bar the same year but returned to farming, at which he is engaged at the present time. He enlisted as a private in L company, 168th infantry, Rainbow division, and was later made a sergeant. He was twice wounded. He is a charter member and first commander of Fred Funston Post, American Legion at Avoca, Iowa. He is a Mason, a Shriner, and in politics a republican. Member of the forty-second, forty-second extra and forty-third general assemblies.

Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born on a farm near Avoca, Iowa, September 6, 1882. He attended rural school and Avoca high school; graduated from the law department of the State University of Iowa in 1906. He was admitted to the bar the same year but returned to farming, at which he is engaged at the present time. He enlisted as a private in L company, 168th infantry, Rainbow division, and was later made a sergeant. He was twice wounded. He is a charter member and first commander of Fred Funston Post, American Legion at Avoca, Iowa. He is a Mason, a Shriner, and in politics a republican.