Representative from Linn county, was born in Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa, November 1, 1869. He moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with his parents in 1877 and has since resided in that city. He is of Scotch-Irish stock, his parents settling in Iowa in the early fifties. Received his education in the common and high schools of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, supplemented by private instruction. Served upwards of ten years in the Iowa National Guard, resigning his commission in the fall of 1897. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted in Company C, Forty-ninth Iowa, as a private, and was afterwards commissioned as first lieutenant and quartermaster, serving on the staff in that capacity and seeing service in the United States and Cuba. Is a banker by profession, being preisdent of the American Trust and Savings Bank, one of the largest banks of Cedar Rapids. Married December 25, 1902, to Winifred Evans. Has been a delegate from his county to all Republican State Conventions for the last eleven years. Was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1908, which nominated William H. Taft and was secretary of the delegation and a member of the convention committee on rules. Elected Representative in 1906, re-elected in 1908 and 1910. A Republican in politics.

Representative from Linn county, was born in Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa, November 1, 1869. He moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with his parents in 1877 and has since resided in that city. He is of Scotch-Irish stock, his parents settling in Iowa in the early fifties. Received his education in the common and high schools of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, supplemented by private instruction. Served upwards of ten years in the Iowa National Guard, resigning his commission in the fall of 1897. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted in Company C, Forty-ninth Iowa, as a private, and was afterwards commissioned as first lieutenant and quartermaster, serving on the staff in that capacity and seeing service in the United States and Cuba. Is a banker by profession, being president of the American Trust and Savings Bank, one of the largest banks of Cedar Rapids. Married December 25, 1902, to Winifred Evans. Has been a delegate from his county to all Republican State Conventions for the last nine years. Was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1908, which nominated William H. Taft and was secretary of the delegation and a member of the convention committee on rules. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.

Representative from Linn county. Born in Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa. He moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with his parents in 1877 and has since resided in that city. He is of Scotch-Irish stock, his parents settling in Iowa in the early fifties. Received his education in the common and high schools of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, supplemented by private instruction. Served upwards of ten years in the Iowa National Guard, resigning his commission in the fall of 1897. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he enlisted in Company C, Forty-ninth Iowa, as a private, and was afterwards commissioned as first lieutenant and quartermaster, serving on the staff in that capacity and seeing service in the United States and Cuba. Is a banker by profession, being vice-president of the Fidelity Trust & Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids. Also interested in manufacturing and wholesaling. Elected Representative in 1906. A Republican in politics.