U.S. Congressman. He attended Bridgton Academy, taught school and graduated from Bowdoin College, in 1900. He was superintendent of the South Portland and Cape Elizabeth schools, (1901-25), city clerk of South Portland, Maine, in 1913, plus engaged in the real estate and farming business. He was Mayor of South Portland, (1933-34) and elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress, serving (1935-37). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the real estate business and farming until his death at age 72.
U.S. Congressman. He attended Bridgton Academy, taught school and graduated from Bowdoin College, in 1900. He was superintendent of the South Portland and Cape Elizabeth schools, (1901-25), city clerk of South Portland, Maine, in 1913, plus engaged in the real estate and farming business. He was Mayor of South Portland, (1933-34) and elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress, serving (1935-37). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the real estate business and farming until his death at age 72.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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