He attended local public schools and Green Bay Business College.
By the time of his election to the legislature, he had served as president of the Kewaunee County Pure-Bred Seed Growers Association, manager and treasurer of the Luxemburg Livestock Shipping Association, a director of the Green Bay Production Credit Association, a U. S. and Wisconsin crop reporter, and a committeeman and farm reporter for the Agricultural Soil Conservation Program.
He remained on agriculture and taxation, and was also assigned to a joint investigative committee on personal property taxes.
[7] He was not a candidate for re-election in 1948, announcing, "I can't afford to continue and, besides, I'm tired of taking the abuse that comes with the job,"[8] He was succeeded by fellow Republican Julius Stangel.
In mid-1966, he retired and moved to Green Bay, where he died December 27, 1968, survived by his wife and four children.