U.S. Congressman. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and later employed as a clerk in a country store, Studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced to practice in La Grange, Texas. He was prosecuting attorney of Gonzales County, (1886-89), when he resigned elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress and to the next seven succeeding Congresses, serving (1901-17). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection back into Congress and into the U.S. Senate, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 58.
U.S. Congressman. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and later employed as a clerk in a country store, Studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced to practice in La Grange, Texas. He was prosecuting attorney of Gonzales County, (1886-89), when he resigned elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress and to the next seven succeeding Congresses, serving (1901-17). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection back into Congress and into the U.S. Senate, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 58.
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