In early 1928, Republican Congressman William R. Green resigned his congressional seat in the ninth district when he was appointed as a federal judge.

After 194 ballots, a convention of ninth district Republicans selected Vincent as their nominee in April 1928.

[1] In the June 4, 1928 special election, Vincent defeated Democrat William J. Burke, and served in the remainder of the Seventieth Congress.

He was appointed judge of the fifth judicial district of Iowa in February 1945, and served until his death in Guthrie Center on May 22, 1953.

Earl W.Vincent's papers are housed at The University of Iowa Special Collections & Archives This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress