U.S. Congressman. Successful in the wholesale grocery and lumber business, he was a member of the West Virginia State Senate in 1898. In 1903, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1911. He was again elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hunter H. Moss, Jr., reelected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving (1916-23). Not a candidate for re-election, he resumed his former business pursuits until his death.
U.S. Congressman. Successful in the wholesale grocery and lumber business, he was a member of the West Virginia State Senate in 1898. In 1903, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1911. He was again elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hunter H. Moss, Jr., reelected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving (1916-23). Not a candidate for re-election, he resumed his former business pursuits until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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