Representative from Grundy county, was born in Scott county, Iowa, in 1876. At the age of four years he moved with his parents to Grundy county and received his education in the Reinbeck public schools. He helped his father on the farm until 1899. In 1899 he was married to Clara B. Strohbehn, also of Grundy county, and then engaged in the business of farming for himself. He has six children, Flora, Mable, Harold, Lucille, Irene and Ethel. In 1905 he had a farm sale and moved with his family to Idaho and engaged in the sheep industry on the range. He sold out his sheep business in 1913 and moved back to Grundy county and then bought the farm on which he now lives. He helped organize the Grundy county farm bureau, was president of the organization~ for one year and he has always been active in its functioning. He was a resident of the township school board for seven years and was a member of the county board of supervisors for six years. He was elected to the house of representatives in 1928.