Biography

• Sidwell Friend School, Class of 1929
• Earlham College, Class of 1933
• Harvard Law School, Class of 1936
• Prosecuting Attorney, Wayne County, 1938-1943
• United States Army, First Lieutenant, JAG Department, Pacific Theater, 1944-1946
• State Representative from Wayne County in the Indiana General Assembly, 1947-1949
• Joint State Reperesentative from Wayne and Union Counties, 1953-1959
• Republican Congressman in the House of Representatives, 1969-1975
• Lawyer, Richmond, IN, 1975-1999

He defended President Richard Nixon during Watergate. A member of the Judiciary Committee, he was in the minority oopposing Nixon's impeachment in 1974. Once the Nixon tape was released, however, he said he would vote to impeach.