1878 - Born on the 12th of May in Stromsburg, Nebraska.
1901 - He graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University.
1906 - He served as clerk and recorder of Polk County, Nebraska.
1908 - He became the mayor of Osceola, Nebraska.
1924 - He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Nebraska.
1927 - He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress.
1933 - He was a representative and adviser to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
1937 - He became a member of the Nebraska Unicameral legislature.
1939 - He was a special adviser in the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation in Washington D.C.
1960 - He died on the 5th of October in Washington D.C.