Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum West Virginia dị na Morgantown, West Virginia, na 1895. Ọ mụrụ iwu, a nabatara ya n'ụlọikpe n'afọ 1896 wee bido ọrụ na Uniontown, Pennsylvania. O jere ozi dị ka onye otu ụlọ nnọchiteanya steeti Pennsylvania na 1906 ma bụrụ onye nnọchi anya na Democratic National Conventions na 1912,
1920 na 1924.