Senator from the Tama-Benton senatorial district, was born in Winneshiek county, March 19, 1873. In the fall of 1874 the family moved to a farm a few miles south of Chelsea and in 1877 to a farm in southern Richland township, Tama county. He received his education in the district school and graduated from the Chelsea high school. After graduating from high school he taught six terms of school and later spent a year studying law at the State University at Iowa City. He was married to Catherine Wilkinson, August 8, 1900, and has a family of five children, Mrs. Harold B. Cobet, Cecil W., Merle, Amber and Burnell. The family home was on a farm near Chelsea until 1914 when Senator Brush sold the farm and moved to Chelsea. He has since been engaged in the coal, grain and feed business. Is also operating a farm near Chelsea purchased in 1919. Member of the Masonic fraternity and past master of Zenith Lodge No. 581. Member of the Methodist church, serving the official board of his home church. Has been a member of the school boards in the districts in which he has lived for twenty-nine years. Mayor of Chelsea from 1914 to 1918 and has since been a member of the town council. Elected state senator in 1926. A republican in politics.

Senator from the Tama-Benton senatorial district, was born in Winneshiek county, March 19, 1873. In the fall of 1874 the family moved to a farm a few miles south of Chelsea and in 1877 to a farm in southern Richland township, Tama county. He received his education in the district school and graduated from the Chelsea high school. After graduating from high school he taught six terms of school and later spent a year studying law at the State University at Iowa City. He was married to Catherine Wilkinson, August 8, 1900, and has a family of five children, Mrs. Harold B. Cobet, Cecil W., Merle, Amber and Burnell. The family home was on a farm near Chelsea until 1914 when Senator Brush sold the farm and moved to Chelsea. He has since been engaged in the coal, grain and feed business. Is also operating a farm near Chelsea purchased in 1919. Member of the Masonic fraternity and past master of Zenith Lodge No. 581. Member of the Methodist church, serving the official board of his home church. Has been a member of the school boards in the districts in which he has lived for twenty-nine years. Mayor of Chelsea from 1914 to 1918 and has since been a member of the town council. Elected state senator in 1926. A republican in politics.