U.S. Senator. He graduated from Salem College in 1924 and was an instructor at Salem College and West Virginia State Teachers’ College. He was a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, (1931-35) and a member of the U.S. delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference, in Oslo, Norway. In 1935, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, serving until 1941. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was again a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, from 1942 until his death from cancer at age 49.
U.S. Senator. He graduated from Salem College in 1924 and was an instructor at Salem College and West Virginia State Teachers’ College. He was a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, (1931-35) and a member of the U.S. delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference, in Oslo, Norway. In 1935, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, serving until 1941. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was again a member of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, from 1942 until his death from cancer at age 49.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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