Professional Life
He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1881 and commenced his practice in Chicago. He held several local offices before being elected as a congressman:
- Member of the Oakland Board of Education in Chicago (1887)
- Attorney for Hyde Park and the South Park commissioners of Chicago
- Chairman of the Illinois State Republican convention (1894)
- Member of the City Council of Chicago (1892–1896)
- Master in chancery of the Superior Court of Cook County
- Chairman of the Republican county conventions at Chicago (1895, 1902)
- Elected as Republican (1896) to the 55th Congress with 13 successive terms
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