Background
House, Jay Elmer was born on April 3, 1870 in Plymouth, Illinois, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Jane (Wier) House.
House, Jay Elmer was born on April 3, 1870 in Plymouth, Illinois, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Jane (Wier) House.
Self-educated.
Successively country printer, country editor, reporter, editor and, since 1919, columnist Philadelphia Public Ledger and New York Evening Post. Newspaper columnist, since 1901. Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, 1915-1919.
Married Julia Wikidal Wells, October 17, 1911.