Representative from Pottawattamie county, was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, April 14, 1852. His father was American-born; his mother was born in England. When he was three years of age the family moved to Lee county, locating near Fort Madison, where he grew to manhood, obtaining his education in the rural schools of that vicinity and in the academy at Fort Madison. From the last named institution he graduated in 1872. In 1874 went to Pottawattamie county, and for a short time engaged in the profession of school-teaching, afterward entering the employ of D. L. Heinsheimer of Glenwood, Iowa, as clerk in a general store. In 1876, in company with Mr. Heinsheimer, established a general merchandise business at Macedonia, which proved to be a financial success. The business has been continued under his management, Mr. Heinsheimer retiring in 1880, and is now being carried on under the name of Dye Brothers Company. Merchandising has been his principal business, but he has also acquired extensive farming interests, is president of the Macedonia State Bank and the Harle Hass Drug Company of Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 1879 was married to Margaret Reimand of Macedonia, to which union six children were born, four of whom, two sons and two daughters, are living. Is active in lodge work, being a member of the I.O.O.F., A. F. and A. M. and B.P.O.E. fraternities. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. In politics he was a Democrat until in 1896 when he became an ardent supporter of William McKinley for President, and has since been identified with the Republican party.
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