Biography
A Representative from Ohio. Born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, November 29, 1913. Educated in the public schools of Findlay. Performed with Hagenback-Wallace Circus. B. S. , Findlay College, 1934. Ordained minister. Mayor of Celina, Ohio, 1940-1944. State central committeeman, 1954-1966. Member of the Ohio state senate, 1959-1972. Public affairs director, Cooper Tire &. Rubber Co. , Findlay, Ohio, 1950-1972. Delegate, Ohio State Republican conventions, 1950-1957. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1956. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the four succeeding Congresses, served until his death (January 3, 1973-April 12, 1981). Died on April 12, 1981, in Alexandria, Va. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.