U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Kirksville State Teachers College, in 1902, taught school, was superintendent of the public schools in Middletown, (1901-02) and in Atlanta, Missouri, in 1903. He was employed in the St. Louis, Internal Revenue office in 1904, engaged in the retail lumber business at Atlanta, (1905-08), moved to Kirksville, Missouri, in 1908 and organized the Arnold Lumber Company. In 1943, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses, serving until 1949. Following his final term, he retired from politics, founded with a partner a broadcasting company and operated radio stations in Missouri, until his death at age 82.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Kirksville State Teachers College, in 1902, taught school, was superintendent of the public schools in Middletown, (1901-02) and in Atlanta, Missouri, in 1903. He was employed in the St. Louis, Internal Revenue office in 1904, engaged in the retail lumber business at Atlanta, (1905-08), moved to Kirksville, Missouri, in 1908 and organized the Arnold Lumber Company. In 1943, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses, serving until 1949. Following his final term, he retired from politics, founded with a partner a broadcasting company and operated radio stations in Missouri, until his death at age 82.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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