Representative from Wright county. Born in Kendall county, Illinois, June 22, 1877. Moved to farm near Minor, South Dakota, in 1882. Attended school during the winter months and tilled the soil throughout the summer season. Educated in the public school and high school of Howard, South Dakota. Came to Iowa in 1897, Worked in his father's printing office learning the printer's trade. Employee of the Chicago, Northwestern railway company from 1898 to 1900, resigning this position to accept an appointment in the government service. In 1900 was appointed to government position in Washington, D.C., through the courtesy of Speaker David B. Henderson, holding this position four years. In 1905 elected cashier of the Security Savings Dank at Eagle Grove, Iowa, resigning that position May 18, 1925, and retiring from the banking business. He is a bachelor. Republican in politics. Elected representative of the seventy-fifth district in 1926 and reelected in 1928.

Representative from Wright county, born in Kendall county, Illinois, June 22, 1877. Moved to Minor, S.D., in 1882, living upon the farm, going to school in the winter and tilling the soil in the summer. Educated in the public school and high school of Howard, S.D. Came to Iowa in 1897. He worked in his father's printing office, learning the printer's trade. In 1900 was appointed to a government position at Washington, D.C., through the courtesy of Speaker David B. Henderson, holding this position four years. In 1905 was elected cashier of the Security Savings bank at Eagle Grove, Iowa, resigning that position May 18, 1925, and retiring from the banking business. He received the republican nomination for state representative June 7, 1926, and was elected the following November. He is a bachelor. Republican in politics.