United States representative politician
He graduated from Harvard University in 1927 and received a master"s degree from Columbia University in 1937.
He was a director of civil defense in Grand View, New York from 1950 until 1964. He was elected to Congress in 1964 defeating 18-year incumbent Katharine Saint George and served from January 3, 1965 until January 3, 1969. He was redistricted into New York"s 26th congressional district after the 1970 United States Census and lost a re-election bid against Benjamin A. Gilman.
He was a delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
He unsuccessfully ran for Congress again in 1974,1982 and finally in 1990. He died in Suffern, New New York