He lost to University of Iowa political science Professor John R. Schmidhauser by fewer than 4,000 votes.
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He graduated from Northeast Missouri Teachers College at Kirksville, Missouri in 1930 where he was an undergraduate member of Phi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity, and attended graduate school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City from 1933 to 1935.
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Early in his career, he served as national president of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity.
He served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from southeastern Iowa, defeating incumbent Republican Fred Schwengel in 1964 but losing to Schwengel two years later in 1966, and again in 1968.
Others, led by Fred Schwengel, authored the fraternity's new ritual over the following year.
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As much of the records of the fraternity were lost to flooding at their former headquarters building, their job was difficult, yet as participants at a high level for many years, they, with the help of leaders they interviewed, such as former national presidents Shannon Flowers, Larry Beck and Fred Schwengel, were able to complete the highly detailed work.
The co-author of Phi Sigma Epsilon's ritual, Fred Schwengel, a strong supporter of the Merger, assisted in the incorporation of the two rituals.
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