He also served as the North Dakota Secretary of State for two different periods, each lasting 12 years.

He came to North Dakota with his parents in 1883, and was educated in Stutsman County schools and Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.

He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George M. Young and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1933.

They had four children; Richard Hall, Lucille Blunt, Ellen Hornthal, and Edna Rumreich.

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