U.S.
Congressman. He graduated Fairmount College in 1906 and engaged in the
theatrical business, (1912-17). During World War I, he served as a
noncommissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, (1917-19).
After the war, he was manager of the Houston-Doughty Lumber Company,
served as president of the Kansas Lumbermen's Association and was a
member of the board of directors of the Kansas State Chamber of
Commerce. He also was Mayor of Newton, Kansas, (1927-31) and secretary
of the Democratic State central committee, (1934-35). In 1935, he was
elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress and to the next
three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1943. An unsuccessful
candidate for reelection, he was appointed a member of the National
Labor Relations Board, serving (1943-53). Moving to California, he lived
in retirement until his death from a heart attack.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
