Representative from Mahaska county, was born May 3, 1871, in Rock Island county, Ill. He came to Iowa county, Iowa, in 1874, where he resided on a farm until 1889. He spent six months in the Western Normal college at Shenandoah, Iowa, and three and one-half years in the Northern Indiana university at Valpariso, Ind., where he graduated in law. He was admitted to the bar in Indiana and Iowa in 1893. He practiced law at What Cheer, Iowa, until 1897, where he was elected and served as city attorney. He engaged in farming, mercantile business and banking until 1919, when he took up his residence at Oskaloosa, where he is engaged in breeding pure bred hogs and poultry. He was elected state representative in 1920 and re-elected in 1922. He was married to Lenna Morgan in Keokuk county, Iowa, on September 8, 1898, to which union were born two daughters. He owns real estate in Mahaska, Poweshiek and Iowa counties. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Masonic orders and of the Oskaloosa Rotary club.

Representative from the Twenty-fifth District, Mahaska county, Iowa, was born May 3, 1871, in Rock Island county, Illinois. He came to Iowa county, Iowa, in 1874, where he resided on a farm until 1889. He spent six months in the Western Normal college at Shenandoah, Iowa, and three and one-half years in the Northern Indiana University at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he graduated in law. He was admitted to the bar in Indiana and Iowa in 1893. He practiced law at What Cheer, Iowa, until 1897, where he was elected and served as city attorney. He engaged in farming, mercantile business and banking until 1919, when he took up his residence at Oskaloosa, Mahaska county, Iowa, where he is engaged in breeding pure bred hogs and poultry. He was elected state representative in 1920. He was married to Lenna Morgan in Keokuk county, Iowa, on September 8, 1898, to which union were born two daughters, aged 11 and 15 years. He owns real estate in Mahaska, Poweshiek and Iowa counties, Iowa. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Masonic orders and the Oskaloosa Rotary club.