While a member of the Illinois House of Representatives he served as Chairman of the House Committee on Uniform Laws. He served on the committees for Appropriations, Efficiency and Economy, Judicial Apportionment, Judicial Department and Practice, Judiciary, Public Utilities and Transportation, and Rules. He represented the 33rd district. He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1932 and 1936. He was an alternate delegate in 1940, 1944, and 1948.