Biography
A Representative from Oklahoma. Born in Enid, Garfield County, Okla. , May 11, 1908. Attended elementary and high schools in Blackwell, Douglas, and Waukomis, Okla. Attended Phillips University, Enid, Okla. Engaged in the business of banking. President, Waukomis State Bank. Member, State of Oklahoma Legislature, 1942-1962. Chairman, Oklahoma State Board of Public Affairs, 1967-1968. Served as Republican Party precinct chairman, Garfield County Young Republican chairman, and Oklahoma committee member. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Was a resident of Waukomis, Okla. , until his death in Enid, Okla. , on September 27, 1987. Interment in Waukomis Cemetery.