U.S. Congressman, Lawyer. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1887. Studied law at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and was admitted to the bar in 1909. Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates 1914-1915. City Council 1915-1923. Democratic State Central Committee of Baltimore 1923-1927. Police Examiner of Baltimore 1925-1927. Elected to represent Maryland’s 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives 1927-1939. Chairman, Committee on Education (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses). Committee on District of Columbia (Seventy-fifth Congress). After an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1938, he returned to practicing law and served as a Maryland Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940 and on the Baltimore City Zoning Board until his resignation in 1952. He disappeared from his home on January 12, 1953 and his body was recovered from the Baltimore Harbor on March 5, 1953.
U.S. Congressman, Lawyer. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1887. Studied law at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and was admitted to the bar in 1909. Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates 1914-1915. City Council 1915-1923. Democratic State Central Committee of Baltimore 1923-1927. Police Examiner of Baltimore 1925-1927. Elected to represent Maryland’s 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives 1927-1939. Chairman, Committee on Education (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses). Committee on District of Columbia (Seventy-fifth Congress). After an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1938, he returned to practicing law and served as a Maryland Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940 and on the Baltimore City Zoning Board until his resignation in 1952. He disappeared from his home on January 12, 1953 and his body was recovered from the Baltimore Harbor on March 5, 1953.
Bio by: Izzebella
