Biography
A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Ellsworth, Washington County, Pa. , October 13, 1906. Attended the public schools of Washington County and East Bethlehem Township High School, Fredericktown, Pa. Was graduated from Waynesburg (Pa. ) College in 1930, Detroit (Mich. ) College of Medicine and Surgery in 1933, and Wayne University, Detroit, Mich. , in 1934. Began the practice of medicine and surgery at Fredericktown, Pa. , in 1935. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1977). Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eighty-sixth through Ninety-third Congresses), Committee on International Relations (Ninety-fourth Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Died on July 31, 1995, in Waynesburg, Pa. Interment at Beallsville Cemetery, Beallsville, Pa.