U.S. Congressman. Born in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania, he moved to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1873 and engaged in business as a coal dealer. He was a member of the Willoughby City Council in 1881, president of the Belle Vernon-Mapes Dairy Company and vice president of the Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railroad Company. In 1901, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses, serving until 1907. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was president of the Rhodes & Beidler Coal Company and a member of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. He died at age 59 in Willoughby, Ohio.
U.S. Congressman. Born in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania, he moved to Willoughby, Ohio, in 1873 and engaged in business as a coal dealer. He was a member of the Willoughby City Council in 1881, president of the Belle Vernon-Mapes Dairy Company and vice president of the Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern Railroad Company. In 1901, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses, serving until 1907. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he was president of the Rhodes & Beidler Coal Company and a member of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. He died at age 59 in Willoughby, Ohio.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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